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५३९ सं. ४८ पृ. ४५७ " With regard to this injustice done to Rao, . Malleson has to confess : “Not a shot had been fired against him ( Whitlock) but he resolved nevertheless to treat the young Rao as though he had actually opposed the British forces. The reason for this perversion of honest being lay in the fact that in the palace of Kirwi was stored the wherewithal to compengate soldiers for many hard fight & many a broiling sun. In its vaults and strong rooms were specie Jewels and diamonds of priceless value. The wealth was coveted."-Kaye and Malleson's Indian Mutiny Vol. V. P. 140-141. स. ४९ पृ. ४५८ "Then was witnessed action on the part of the rebels which impelled admiration from their enemies. The manner in whioh they conducted their retreat could not be surpassed. They remembered the lessons which the European officers had well taught them. There was no hurry, no disorder, no rushing to the rear. All was orderly as on a field day. Though their line of skirmishes was two miles in length, it never wavered in a single point, the men fired, then ran behind the relieving men, and loaded. The relieving men then fired, and ran back in their turn. They even attempted, when they thought the pursuit was too rash, to take up a position, so as to bring on it an infilading fire." - Malleson's Indian Mutiny Vol. V. P. 124. H. Yo 9.860 " But it is difficult to describe the wonderful secrecy with which the conspiracy was conducted and the forethought supplying the schemes, and the caution with which each group of conspirators worked apart, concealing the connecting links, and instruoting them with just sufficient information for the purpose in view.
