Fall of the Mughal Empire v4.c58.s9.3

v4.c58.s9.3

The very large number of men and horses killed and wounded at Assaye, enforced a fortnight’s halt on General Wellesley for the relief of the sufferers. Then he launched his long cherished scheme of carrying the war into Bhonslé’s own territory by sending Stevenson on to invade Berar. At the same time for some weeks he had again to march rapidly, forward and backward, in order to head the enemy off from the Nizam’s territory and the Peshwa’s districts. But these threatened raids of Daulat Rao now ended in the same futility as before Assaye. And the English pressed on with their conquests, tightening their grip on the throats of Daulat Rao and Raghuji. Burhanpur and Asirgarh were captured by Stevenson on 16th and 21st October. Gawailgarh, where Bhonslé had stored his treasure, fell after a bloody assault on 14th December.