Raid of Dutch Supplies part - 4

Dutch occupied Indian territory, outskirts of shimoga city(present day in karnataka), afternoon on 18th March 1557.

The situation for the Dutch group that took the central path wasn't favorable either.

As Sergeant De Vries led his group of 30 units carefully through the thick forest, they heard gunshots and the cries of men of their unit. They cautiously moved in that direction and saw a fellow soldier rushing towards them with hope, but suddenly he fell as an arrow struck his back.

A Maratha soldier was spotted in hundred meters away with a bow in his hand, who ran away after being spotted.

Sergeant De Vries fired his loaded gun, shouting, "Kill that bastard!"

But he missed the shot, and the Maratha soldier escaped in a zigzag pattern, dodging gunfire as he used the trees for cover.

"Follow him, he must not be spared!"