History of Aurangzib, Based on Original Sources v4.c64.s10.38

v4.c64.s10.38

"When he reached the summit of the hill the enemy's cavalry was already attacking our infantry, which was in such disorder that all the three companies fired at once. Several of the enemy were killed, but the rest . . . reforming and bending to the necks of their horses and covering themselves with shields, attacked our infantry with great determination. The Kanarese [i.e., the native troops of Goa] . . . threw down their muskets and fled. Finally, nearly all the Portuguese did the same, but in vain, for the blacks rode over them, trampling most of our men under their horses' hoofs; though some who were present in the conflict declare that it was our cavalry that first trampled them."