 Now the Maratha cavalry harassed the enemy from all sides.The Marathas also utilized a scorched earth policy, burning farmland and poisoning wells.The British began to withdraw from Talegaon in the middle of the night, but the Marathas attacked, forcing them to halt in the village of Wadgaon (now called Vadgaon or Vadgaon Maval), where the British force was surrounded on 12 January 1779.