Fall of the Mughal Empire v1.c14.s1.10

v1.c14.s1.10

The fugitives from the field rushing along the ravine were on foot; the ground was wellknown to them. They quickly clambered up the left bank of it like monkeys and disappeared in the plantation on the top. The exultant pursuers poured down the narrow pass on their heels and had crossed nearly half of it, when suddenly two broad sheets of flame burst forth from the dense bushes above them, as eight thousand musket balls were poured down into their tumultuous and crowded ranks from almost point blank range.