Fall of the Mughal Empire v2.c27.s22.4

v2.c27.s22.4

But even at the centre the Afghan line held. The Bhāu had no squadron of cavalry in heavy armour and mounted on powerful horses ready to charge in close order and cut its way like a solid wedge through the shaken Durrāni ranks and complete his initial success. The hand to hand combat swayed to and fro with each individual group’s charge and counter-charge, indecisively for over three hours, and though the wazir’s casualties were much less than his opponents’, yet from the unabated courage and wild onslaught of the Marathas it seemed likely that they would triumph in the end.