History of Aurangzib, Based on Original Sources v3.c42.s10.3

v3.c42.s10.3

The second and greater victory was won next morning (24th January), when "the Muslims flying their victorious banners, beating their drums, and sounding their bugles and trumpets, advanced upon the enemy, firing their guns and putting their biggest ships in the front line and their smaller and faster boats in the rear." The enemy again resorted to flight, their light *jalias* taking the bigger gunboats in tow, and retreated into the Karnafuli river, firing on the advancing Mughals. Entering the mouth of the river at 3 P.M., they drew up their ships in line of battle between Chatgaon and an island in mid-stream. On the opposite bank, close to the village of Feringi-bandar, the Arrakanese had erected three bamboo stockades, filled with artillery and musketeers (*Telingas*). These opened fire on the Mughal fleet. But Ibn Husain sent most of his ships up the river and also made an attack by land. The garrison, after a stubborn fight, abandoned the stockades, which the Mughals burnt.