The Military System of the Marathas, with a Brief Account of Their Maritime Activities c15.45

c15.45

‘Our friendship is over,’ said he, ‘and from this day forward what God gives I shall take.’ Angry correspondence followed, which was not calculated to improve the impaired relations between the two powers and Boone and Kanhoji freely and in no ambiguous language cast reflections upon each other’s good faith.¹ At last, on 17 June 1718, war was openly declared against Kanhoji Angria by a proclamation published at Bombay.²