Fall of the Mughal Empire v1.c8.s5.34

v1.c8.s5.34

Mustafa now pushed close up to him, and the Afghān’s victory seemed certain, when a musket shot killed Mustafa’s elephant driver, which induced that general to jump down from its back lest the uncontrollable beast should stampede to his rear and his followers interpret the movement as their general’s flight. But his action in dismounting produced exactly the effect that he wanted to avoid; his men concluded that he had been shot off his elephant like his *māhut* a few minutes before; they broke and fled, and Patna was saved.