While the primary concern of guerrillas is enemy’s active military units, terrorists largely are concerned with non-military agents and target mostly civilians. Principles of Guerrilla attacks followed by Shivaji’s army were – sudden raid with minimum loss and maximum yield or maximum possible damage to the enemy. The army used unusual and out of the box ways to fight the enemy treacherous terrain. Shivaji’s army was adept in what is known as ‘Guerrilla warfare’.
How did Shivaji’s army use guerrilla warfare? What type of fighting is guerrilla warfare? Fought largely by independent, irregular bands, sometimes linked to regular forces, it is a warfare of harassment through surprise.
Guerrilla warfare (the word guerrilla comes from the Spanish meaning “little war”) is often the means used by weaker nations or military organizations against a larger, stronger foe. Guerrilla warfare, also spelled guerilla warfare, type of warfare fought by irregulars in fast-moving, small-scale actions against orthodox military and police forces and, on occasion, against rival insurgent forces, either independently or in conjunction with a larger political-military strategy.