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1679] 1679.* At daybreak the entire Maratha fleet of more than 60 vessels under Daulat Khan suddenly bore down upon the small English squadron consisting of the Revenge frigate, 2 ghurabs of two masts each, 3 shibars and 2munchuas, — eight vessels in all, with 200 European soldiers on board, in addition to the lascars and white sailors. The Marathas advanced from the shore a little north of Chaul, moving so fast that the English vessels at anchor near Khanderi had scarcely time to get under weigh. In less than half an hour the Dover, one of the English ghurabs,having Sergeant Mauleverer and some English soldiers † on board, with great cowardice struck its colours and was carried off by the Marathas. The other ghurab kept aloof, and the five smaller vessels