History of Aurangzib, Based on Original Sources v2.c22.37

v2.c22.37

An hour passed in this kind of cannonade. Dara misjudged the effect of his own fire and the silence of Aurangzib's guns. He was deluded by the smoke or by his own ignorance of war, and decided to follow up his seeming success by a charge upon the timid enemy. The gun-fire ceased; pipe and trumpet pealed forth; kettledrums and big brass drums struck up, and amidst the deafening clanguour of musical instruments, the rattle of musketry, and the trumpeting of excited elephants, the battle joined.∗