THE HISTORY OF KATHIAWAD invasion. But he decided to occupy Sihor for the present, and marched there with such forces as he could collect in a short time, reaching the fort before Tana had been invested. Unadji Gohel had meanwhile set out from Palitana, but his son Kandhoji, imagining he had discovered some ill omen, called him back, and the army marched without him. When Wakhatsinhji heard of the advance, he decided to attack despite his inferiority in numbers, his army being commanded by Raimalji GoheL When the two armies met the fight began, and almost at once one of the leading Kathis was killed. The remaining Kathis dismounted to recover his body, seeing which Raimalji led a charge of his whole army. The Kathis, in confusion, were soon driven off the field, while the disheartened and leaderless troops of Palitana broke and fled, hotly pursued by Raimaljfs cavalry. The defeated Kathis fled to the Gir Forest and Wakhat- sinhji returned to Bhavnagar after leaving troops to defend Tana, Budhna, and Madhra in case of a fresh attack* The Kathis were not yet beaten, however, and Hada Khuman, their leader, pursued guerilla warfare against Bhavnagar with vigour. He plundered Langala, in the Umrala district, but Wakhatsinhji coming up quickly with his accustomed dash overtook him at Goghasamdi and inflicted severe punishment on the Kathi forces. They fled in confusion into the forest, and Wakhatsinhji returned to Sihor. The Kathis next attacked the Wanani Girasias at the instigation of Unadji Gohel, and they called on Wakhatsinhji for protection. He defeated the invaders and drove them away, and at the end of A.D. 1794 scarcely a Kathi remained in his territory. The Maratha army under Shivram Kamedan camped at Moti Dharai in A.D. 1795 while engaged on one of their annual expeditions, with the intention of attacking Sihor. Wakhatsinhji sent him word that he would be unable to 172