ABSTRACT
The leaders met in deliberation to combat this danger, though it is not stated if the Gosain was present there. The lukewarm attitude of the Marathas in the face of a grave emergency evoked a remonstrance from the Gosain. During the night the Gosain evolved his plan of attack. When the Gosain commander of the day saw his huge host flying away, he urged them to return to the fight. The Gosain's plan was about to bear fruit; but it did not. Ahmad Khan declined to reduce the strengh of his wing, and sent away the Ruhelas to their own post. The Gosain army, composed of heterogenous elements, at first fell back and then broke. We do not know if treachery was at work and split up their ranks. It was under these circumstances that he called in the aid of Rajendra Giri Gosain from Saharanpur, in the middle of April 1753.
