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<blockquote data-quote="ashdoc" data-source="post: 149992" data-attributes="member: 15932"><p><strong>The rival armies at panipat</strong></p><p></p><p>The two armies now encamped at panipat. while the maratha army encamped beside the town , the afghans did so a few miles south. the marathas built a ditches round their camp ,and built ramparts to prevent a surprise attack. the cannons were kept at regular intervals all round to smash any attack to pieces.</p><p></p><p>the first few weeks were dominated by the marathas. the maratha artillery kept on firing cannon shells which fell onto the afghans ,and killed some of them. the afghans lacked such long range guns. abdali had to move his camp farther south ,out of range of the guns. </p><p></p><p>the marathas then began to launch raids onto the afghan camp which greatly exasperated the afghans. finally ,a plan was hatched to stop them. in the dead of night ,5,000 rohillas quietly slipped through a weak point into the maratha camp ,and started slaughtering them. this created great confusion in the camp.</p><p></p><p>finally , the gardi musketeers opened fire on the rohillas ,which killed more than 3,000 of them . the remaing rohillas fled , still taunting the marathas as to how they had slipped in. however , bhau's personal friend , and right hand man balwant rao mehendale was killed while fighting the rohillas. this filled bhau with gloom.</p><p></p><p>from this point the afghans began to dominate the plains between the two armies. all supplies to the marathas were stopped , and the marathas began to feel scarcity of food. to add to the problems , a large force carrying treasure for the bhau in the middle of the night accidently went into the afghan camp instead of the marathas camp as they could not identify it in the dark , and was instantly attacked and annihilated ,with the treasure confisticated.</p><p></p><p>now the level of the yamuna fell down ,and regular supplies started coming to the afghan camp ,resulting in a plenty of food there.on the other hand the marathas began to starve , as abdali tightened the noose around them by regular patrols which prevented any food coming to them. actually panipat had enough food to last the maratha army for months. but the vast retinue of servants women and camp followers quickly finished the food , and scarcity now prevailed.</p><p></p><p>to prevent supplies to the afghan camp , the maratha governer of bundelkhand , govind pant ' bundele ' now moved from bundelkhand with 10 ,000 men towards rolhilkhand ,which was undefended , as the rohillas were all at panipat. this struck terror among the rohillas , as their families were now threatened . but abdali the master general ,hatched a plan.</p><p></p><p>a small but swift force under atai khan and karimdad khan went at amazing speed , covering 200 km extremely fast ,and surprised govind pant in a small town he had just sacked , in the morning .the marathas were all cut down , and govind was killed. his head was sent to bhau as gift to strike terror among the marathas.</p><p></p><p>if bhau had attacked in the early stages , he had a good chance of success ,as maratha morale was high at that time . but he proved to be a pullisanimous commander ,as he did not even try to attack as the marathas began to starve. animals began to die ,for want of forage , and the men themselves began to become weak for want of food.</p><p></p><p>at last all men began to feel so weak that they felt that their half starving bodies would not able to fight if the wait was prolonged any more without food. they all gathered around bhau's tent clamouring for a fight to save their honour . at last , bhau agreed to fight ,though his men were now weak in body due to starvation .</p><p></p><p>next morning the marathas marched out ,with their faces pasted with saffron ,as defenders of hinduism. the date was 14 january 1761 .</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ashdoc, post: 149992, member: 15932"] [B]The rival armies at panipat[/B] The two armies now encamped at panipat. while the maratha army encamped beside the town , the afghans did so a few miles south. the marathas built a ditches round their camp ,and built ramparts to prevent a surprise attack. the cannons were kept at regular intervals all round to smash any attack to pieces. the first few weeks were dominated by the marathas. the maratha artillery kept on firing cannon shells which fell onto the afghans ,and killed some of them. the afghans lacked such long range guns. abdali had to move his camp farther south ,out of range of the guns. the marathas then began to launch raids onto the afghan camp which greatly exasperated the afghans. finally ,a plan was hatched to stop them. in the dead of night ,5,000 rohillas quietly slipped through a weak point into the maratha camp ,and started slaughtering them. this created great confusion in the camp. finally , the gardi musketeers opened fire on the rohillas ,which killed more than 3,000 of them . the remaing rohillas fled , still taunting the marathas as to how they had slipped in. however , bhau's personal friend , and right hand man balwant rao mehendale was killed while fighting the rohillas. this filled bhau with gloom. from this point the afghans began to dominate the plains between the two armies. all supplies to the marathas were stopped , and the marathas began to feel scarcity of food. to add to the problems , a large force carrying treasure for the bhau in the middle of the night accidently went into the afghan camp instead of the marathas camp as they could not identify it in the dark , and was instantly attacked and annihilated ,with the treasure confisticated. now the level of the yamuna fell down ,and regular supplies started coming to the afghan camp ,resulting in a plenty of food there.on the other hand the marathas began to starve , as abdali tightened the noose around them by regular patrols which prevented any food coming to them. actually panipat had enough food to last the maratha army for months. but the vast retinue of servants women and camp followers quickly finished the food , and scarcity now prevailed. to prevent supplies to the afghan camp , the maratha governer of bundelkhand , govind pant ' bundele ' now moved from bundelkhand with 10 ,000 men towards rolhilkhand ,which was undefended , as the rohillas were all at panipat. this struck terror among the rohillas , as their families were now threatened . but abdali the master general ,hatched a plan. a small but swift force under atai khan and karimdad khan went at amazing speed , covering 200 km extremely fast ,and surprised govind pant in a small town he had just sacked , in the morning .the marathas were all cut down , and govind was killed. his head was sent to bhau as gift to strike terror among the marathas. if bhau had attacked in the early stages , he had a good chance of success ,as maratha morale was high at that time . but he proved to be a pullisanimous commander ,as he did not even try to attack as the marathas began to starve. animals began to die ,for want of forage , and the men themselves began to become weak for want of food. at last all men began to feel so weak that they felt that their half starving bodies would not able to fight if the wait was prolonged any more without food. they all gathered around bhau's tent clamouring for a fight to save their honour . at last , bhau agreed to fight ,though his men were now weak in body due to starvation . next morning the marathas marched out ,with their faces pasted with saffron ,as defenders of hinduism. the date was 14 january 1761 . [/QUOTE]
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