The Military System of the Marathas, with a Brief Account of Their Maritime Activities c14.49

c14.49

¹ Cosme da Guarda mentions one naval action between Shivaji’s fleet and a Portuguese squadron in which the Marathas were defeated. It is evidently to this battle that Sebastiao Nunes Olares refers in his petition dated 13 August 1688 (Archivo Ultramarino of Lisbon). He says that he was employed in the fleet sent by the Viceroy, Antonio de Mello e Castro, against Shivaji’s armada in 1665. The naval engagement mentioned by Guarda and Olares probably took place after the Barcelore expedition in February.