sentences:  Ahmed Shah and his allies on 17 October 1760, broke up from Shahdara, marching north.Taking a calculated risk, Abdali daringly plunged into the river, followed by his bodyguards and troops.Between 23 and 25 October 1760 they were able to cross at Baghpat, (a small town midway between Delhi and Panipat on the east bank of Yamuna), as a man from the village, in exchange for money, showed Abdali a way through Yamuna, from where the river could be crossed unopposed by the Marathas who were still preoccupied with the sacking of Kunjpura.