The Military System of the Marathas, with a Brief Account of Their Maritime Activities c9.80

c9.80

In the Peshwa period the forts were well supplied with artillery so far as quantity went. The artillery men were mostly foreigners, and they were better paid than the ordinary private. Rockets were still in use and rocketers were still employed in the forts, but stone had not been discarded. Big guns in a fort were cleaned once a year and small guns and muskets once a month, but it does not appear that they were very effectively served, for fort after fort was captured by the English in 1818 and 1819 without much difficulty.