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<blockquote data-quote="ashdoc" data-source="post: 149991" data-attributes="member: 15932"><p><strong>As marathas advance too far north , afghans deliver the masterstroke of the war ; the armies come to panipat </strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p>From delhi ,bhau now moved northwards with his overloaded retinue as it had finished the food in delhi ,and the capital was starving .from here ,he moved north to kunjpura near the himalayas. </p><p></p><p>thus he was now moving too far to the north ,and over extending his line of communications. this could do ,only because the yamuna was flooded due to that years heavy rains ,and abdali ,being on the other side was not able to cross. but abdali was now to his south ,and if he was able to cross the yamuna , he would be able to cut the marathas supply lines.but he found it impossible to cross at the moment.</p><p></p><p>kunjpura was a base of abdali's communications with afghanistan .here he has no less than 9 ,000 troops , and also had his treasures and large amounts of food and supplies.bhau therefore resolved to capture it. cannon were placed near its walls , and a full-scale bombardment commenced.</p><p></p><p>the walls of kunjpura were breached by cannon shells,and the fort and town was captured in fierce hand-to-hand fighting. the entire afghan garrison was put to death ,which set the tone for brutality in the war .qutub shah , who had cut off dattaji scindia's head was found , and tortured to death.</p><p></p><p>abdali was stunned by the capture of kunjpura , and shocked at the loss of so many soldiers and supplies. but he simply found that he could not cross the flooded yamuna river . all he could do was to chaff silently while the marathas rentlessly progressed.</p><p></p><p>meanwhile ,the marathas enjoyed on the huge foodstuffs found at kunjpura ,and stayed there till the end of rainy season. they celebrated dassehra there , and planned to go to kurukshetra for pilgrimage. thus ,the army which had come to deliver north india from the menace of the cruel afghan hordes was forgetting its main task , and was wasting its time in praying !!</p><p></p><p>they were not destined to reach kurukshetra , the fabled land where the mahabharat had allegedly been fought. instead ,they were in for a mahabharat of their own......</p><p></p><p>for ,with the end of the rains ,the level of the yamuna was steadily going down !! to be honest , it was going down only slowly ,for the rains had been very heavy that year , but an increasingly frustrated abdali was now desperately searching for a way to cross it. the capture of kunjpura had cut off his path to afghanistan , and he had to find a way out.</p><p></p><p>bhau had made a serious mistake in not keeping strong patrols on the yamuna to detect and stop abdali from crossing it ,and this was fatal error.</p><p>after desperate searching , a way of crossing the yamuna was found at a shallow point , and the afghan army crossed it !! they lost some 500 men to drowning as they crossed , but they were finally across ,to get to grips with the enemy !!</p><p></p><p>This was truely the masterstroke of the war !!</p><p>For ,now abdali was south of the marathas , and was in a position of cutting off their way to the south !!</p><p>The marathas were now trapped !!</p><p>They themselves were blocking abdali's way back to his homeland ,but he was being supplied food and other provisions by naijb and his other allies in north india.</p><p>On the other hand ,the maratha supply line was now cut.......</p><p></p><p>The marathas had not expected afghans to cross the yamuna ,whose level was still high ,and news that they had crossed it was received as a thunderbolt from the heavens.....</p><p>All plans of kurukshetra were dropped , and the army turned south.</p><p></p><p>As they moved south , they found their way blocked by the afghan hordes to the south of a super-unlucky place which had already seen the defeats on indian armies defending there twice before. this was the third time an army defending india had come face-to-face with an invader here .......it's name was panipat.........</p><p></p><p>this going to be the third battle of panipat .but the drums of battle were not yet sounded. for both sides were not psychologically ready for full scale conflict.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ashdoc, post: 149991, member: 15932"] [B]As marathas advance too far north , afghans deliver the masterstroke of the war ; the armies come to panipat [/B] From delhi ,bhau now moved northwards with his overloaded retinue as it had finished the food in delhi ,and the capital was starving .from here ,he moved north to kunjpura near the himalayas. thus he was now moving too far to the north ,and over extending his line of communications. this could do ,only because the yamuna was flooded due to that years heavy rains ,and abdali ,being on the other side was not able to cross. but abdali was now to his south ,and if he was able to cross the yamuna , he would be able to cut the marathas supply lines.but he found it impossible to cross at the moment. kunjpura was a base of abdali's communications with afghanistan .here he has no less than 9 ,000 troops , and also had his treasures and large amounts of food and supplies.bhau therefore resolved to capture it. cannon were placed near its walls , and a full-scale bombardment commenced. the walls of kunjpura were breached by cannon shells,and the fort and town was captured in fierce hand-to-hand fighting. the entire afghan garrison was put to death ,which set the tone for brutality in the war .qutub shah , who had cut off dattaji scindia's head was found , and tortured to death. abdali was stunned by the capture of kunjpura , and shocked at the loss of so many soldiers and supplies. but he simply found that he could not cross the flooded yamuna river . all he could do was to chaff silently while the marathas rentlessly progressed. meanwhile ,the marathas enjoyed on the huge foodstuffs found at kunjpura ,and stayed there till the end of rainy season. they celebrated dassehra there , and planned to go to kurukshetra for pilgrimage. thus ,the army which had come to deliver north india from the menace of the cruel afghan hordes was forgetting its main task , and was wasting its time in praying !! they were not destined to reach kurukshetra , the fabled land where the mahabharat had allegedly been fought. instead ,they were in for a mahabharat of their own...... for ,with the end of the rains ,the level of the yamuna was steadily going down !! to be honest , it was going down only slowly ,for the rains had been very heavy that year , but an increasingly frustrated abdali was now desperately searching for a way to cross it. the capture of kunjpura had cut off his path to afghanistan , and he had to find a way out. bhau had made a serious mistake in not keeping strong patrols on the yamuna to detect and stop abdali from crossing it ,and this was fatal error. after desperate searching , a way of crossing the yamuna was found at a shallow point , and the afghan army crossed it !! they lost some 500 men to drowning as they crossed , but they were finally across ,to get to grips with the enemy !! This was truely the masterstroke of the war !! For ,now abdali was south of the marathas , and was in a position of cutting off their way to the south !! The marathas were now trapped !! They themselves were blocking abdali's way back to his homeland ,but he was being supplied food and other provisions by naijb and his other allies in north india. On the other hand ,the maratha supply line was now cut....... The marathas had not expected afghans to cross the yamuna ,whose level was still high ,and news that they had crossed it was received as a thunderbolt from the heavens..... All plans of kurukshetra were dropped , and the army turned south. As they moved south , they found their way blocked by the afghan hordes to the south of a super-unlucky place which had already seen the defeats on indian armies defending there twice before. this was the third time an army defending india had come face-to-face with an invader here .......it's name was panipat......... this going to be the third battle of panipat .but the drums of battle were not yet sounded. for both sides were not psychologically ready for full scale conflict. [/QUOTE]
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