presented to Jhujhar Singh: he must submit,
The capital
Urchha taken.
pay a fine of 30 lakhs, and cede
a district. But these terms had
been rejected. After the rainy
season the three divisions united together
near Bhander, about 25 miles north-east of
Jhansi, and marched upon Urchha. Every day
the pioneers cut the jungle and extended
the road, while the Bundela skirmishers shot
at them under cover of the trees, but with no
success. On 2nd October, 1635, the army arrived
at a village two miles from Urchha; and the
Bundela prince in the Imperial camp, fired with
domestic hatred and ambition, stormed the
hillock where the enemy had mustered in force
and took many prisoners. At this Jhujhar lost
heart, removed his family to Dhamuni and soon
afterwards fled thither himself. Early in the
morning of 4th October the Mughals scaled the
walls of the Bundela capital, while the small
garrison left by Jhujhar escaped through the opposite gate.[1]
A day was spent in taking full possession of the city and installing Devi Singh as Rajah. Fort of Dhamuni captured. Then the Mughal army crossed the Betwa and hastened southwards to Dhamuni. But their
- ↑ Abdul Hamid, I. B. 98-100, 106-107.