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2 4i«niw] VpiTHTii roEPITW TO IWIA. 551
3 the advanced '^ea.son. The siege ot Kelaut lasted forty days, <lni lufi; which
4 time the Dooiaunee cavalry suiiered severely tiom the scaicity yi ioiiige,
5 The b^d aspect of King's «Aii» in IndiA, added to bis ofm i^^^tiepoe
6 ftr a speedy ojpdiifi^fftha w«r) «^ NuiN^r haviqiiaNlew omrtiiceffir
7 is still the baaif tllB cop^ectioo l^etweeo the King and the Beloches.
8 When the news of Timoor Shauh's retreat had reached the King, he hftd
9 sent a small army under Nooroodecn Khaun Bautnizye, across the Indus.
10 By this time Adcena Beg was dead, and the whole of the Funjaub to the
11 east of the Hydaspes, wjis ua<ier cootroul of the Mahrattas. The SiHs
12 however, who h;^ Ipng bc^ » sect of mjlilimy ianaticsk wei% b^nnii^ to
13 ugap to th0 ppneiaiaii of temtof^, and tM vac^mm of Jhg Inpt
14 up 9q/iap i^mMfuenoe by their nomuwl oonnoclioii wkh tbp gov«piB9pt pf
15 pdl^f Iboggb th9 grot Mogul had no real authoriQr 131 ijhf Pm^lHib*
16 "SggfOffideen advanced with ease (o the Hydaspes, the tr^ct between that
17 river i^ndthe Jndm being at that time held by the Kauters Gucknrs, .Touds,
18 and other original tribes ot the country, who li ui embraced tlie Mahomedau
19 religion, and who were ii^cliued to the Dooraunees ; nor did he meet with
20 mucli opposition on bit mash to jthe Acesines, as the main body of the
21 ]44iliiattM noir irijtbdm^
22 advanoe farther till the King sboald
23 Abmed Shaob's arrival was from various causes delayed till the wintor of
24 ^759* vbenbe crossed the Indus and advanced to the Acesines by the road
25 of Jummoo. From that river he continued his march through the north of
26 the Punjaub, the Marattas retiring as he advanced: he crossed lln' Jumna,
27 near ;:>charunpoor, and was joined at that city by .Nujeeb Khaun and the
28 ^hillacbiefi.
29 Thp Mabralta army* under Ditta IMnil and Junkojae Sindia, wu aft tbat
30 tiina in h» naigbbouriiood} but it ratreatad at ba adfymoadl and ooBtinnil
31 flkJuaisb^ took place between the paities, till the Mahrattas reached the
32 neighbourhood of Delly : they then crossed the JiinUMW and advanced tO
33 Baudlee near Delly, to cover that city.
34 A severe action look place at Baudlee, in winch the Mahrattas were Tijt ;illy
35 defeated and Dattajee killed: a detachment was afterwards sent agamst •
36 MmW— * Rmr Helkar. who ma ■dmanoidir to ammoft Ibo ICabnlio intanala in
37 that quariar; and Mothar Row's aimy was sniprisad and totally daftated.
38 Ahmed Shaub mzt took Deity, and forced Ohawaoodean KbMin> vbo bad
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