Fall of the Mughal Empire v4.c57.6

v4.c57.6

Pandit Bhagwāndās Shiupuri writes in his Persian narrative: "During the fighting when nobody was able to make an advance, a fauj of the Rao Raja fell, all unawares, on the camp of the enemy in the rear, and did not spare themselves in plundering. The enemy, who had been so long firmly standing and bravely fighting, lost heart on being this attacked from two sides, . . . and most of them were slain." (Or. Ms. 1699, p. 40.) The ms. of Dhonkal Singh Munshi (of the Bharatpur service) states, that Lake had given these ragged auxiliaries the choice between scouting in advance of his army or guarding his camp from the enemy's predatory horse, and that they chose the latter. He also testifies to the Rao Raja's men plundering the campoo broken by the British attack. (Or. Ms. 190, ff. 24-25.) The reward given to the Macheri Raja's vakil after Laswari is an index to the value set upon his aid in this campaign by the British authorities. (Alwar Gaz., iii. 184.)