90 W. Irvine — Tlte Bang ash Nawdbs of Farrukhabad. [No. 2, 



to act with circumspection. Hearing that some guns had been left at 

 Yakutganj, about five miles south of the city and four miles from Fateh- 

 garh, Tantia sent off some of his horse in that direction. They collected a 

 number of villagers and began to drag the guns towards their own camp. 

 As they approached Kasim Bagh*, about half a mile south-west of Fateh- 

 garh fort and Hussainpur, the Pathans, who had concealed themselves in 

 the ravines, made a sudden rush and fell upon the guns, turned them on 

 the Mahrattas, and fired shot and rockets, so as to kill many and put the 

 rest to flight. "When Tantia saw this disaster, he mounted and ordered 

 out his troops. The whole of his force advanced against the Pathans and 

 commenced a musketry fire, accompanying it with the discharge of rockets. 

 On hearing this firing, Nawab Khan mounted and coming to the batteries 

 stood there. He ordered his risdlaJiddrs to advance to support the Pathans 

 already under fire. Shadil Khan Ghilzai, Sa'dat Khan Afridi, Muhammad Ali 

 Khan Afridi, Muhammad Khan Afridi, Khan Miyan Khan Khatak, 'Umr 

 Khan Gvvaliyari, Namdar Khan, brother of Nawab Ghairat Khan, Nux Khan, 

 son of Khalil Khan Mataniya, Mangal Khan of Tilhar and others, left their 

 batteries and advanced to support the Pathans. Tantia on his side came on 

 to meet and repel them. When the two forces came closer, the musketry fire 

 ceased and swords were drawn. The Afghan attack was so fierce that they 

 even began to wrestle with their enemies, and to lay hold of them by the neck. 

 Unable to bear up against the assault, the Mahrattas took to flight. When 

 this success was reported to him, Nawab Ahmad Khan sent a camel-rider 

 with orders forbidding a further advance, and recalled the troops. The 

 commanders on receiving this order, sent on the recovered guns in front, and 

 followed them into camp with drums beating a triumphal march. The 

 Nawab gave praise to each private soldier and dresses of honour to the 

 leaders. He then went back to his tents. 



On hearing of Tantia's defeat, the Wazir with the' Jats, Mahrattas, and 

 the remainder of his army continued his march till he arrived near the 

 Nawab's entrenchment. He left Mulhar Rao, Apa Sendhia and Tan- 

 tia at the Kasim Bagh. He proceeded on himself till he arrived at Singhi- 

 rampur, a ferry on the right bank of the Ganges in Parganah Bhojpur, some 

 eleven or twelve miles further down the river than Fatehgarh, and there he 

 fixed his own encampment. Then he issued orders to Niir-ul Hasan Khan 

 Bilgrami to throw a bridge of boats across the river. 



When Nawab Ahmad Khan heard of the Wazir's intentions, he gave 

 orders to his son, Mahmud Khan, who was posted upon the farther or left 

 bank of the river, to detach two or three thousand men to prevent the 



* The native infantry hospital is now in the Bagh, where is the tomb of Kasim 

 Khan. 



