Fall of the Mughal Empire v2.c27.s22.3

v2.c27.s22.3

placed in front of him. He himself, in full armour, dismounted from his horse and sat down on the ground, beating his forehead and throwing dust into his mouth and cursing and haranguing his fleeing followers, ‘Brethren! our country is far off. Whither are you going?’” An appeal to Shujā (on his left) to come at once to his rescue passed unheeded, as Shujā, in view of the unbroken enemy masses facing him, wisely refused to weaken his section of the line and thus invite a break-through there.