Shejwalkar , whose monograph `` Panipat 1761 '' is often regarded as the single best secondary source on the battle , says Communication that `` not less than 100,000 Marathas ( soldiers and non-combatants ) perished Death during and after the battle . ''

Only after 30 years were they recognized Know and decorated Create_artwork , one posthumously , by the U.S. Army for shielding non-combatants from harm in a war zone .

During the raid , the Seneca in particular targeted Aiming non-combatants , and reports state that 30 such individuals were slain , in addition to a number of armed defenders .