in august 1767, captain george kinloch led a british force towards kathmandu to rescue its beleaguered inhabitants. he reached within 75 km of kathmandu and captured the forts at sindhuli and hariharpur, but was forced to retreat by a 2 prolonged attack from kaji vamsharaj pande and sardar banshu gurung. captain kinloch sent a message of his inability to reach kathmandu to which jaya prakash was disheartened. however, the local traders saw the british failure as a relief due to the detrimental effect of british on the trade of bihar and bengal.