The Military System of the Marathas, with a Brief Account of Their Maritime Activities c8.41

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¹ Keating says: ‘It is a business I cannot account for that in spite of every annoyance these people always carry off the dead.’ Forrest, *Selection from State Papers, Maratha Series*, p. 228. Forbes observes : ‘Many of the Mahrattas fell in attempting to carry off the killed and wounded, an act of humanity to which they pay the greatest attention. They seldom leave a body on the field, and venture almost to the cannon’s mouth, rather than suffer the remains of a friend to be exposed; out of the number killed in this action only seven bodies were found after their retreat.’ *Oriental Memoirs*, 2nd edition, Vol. I, p. 385.