Fall of the Mughal Empire v4.c44.s2.56
Fall of the Mughal Empire v4.c44.s2.56
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horse, turned his guns upon Ismail and raked him with a flank fire, from Abdul Matlab’s captured guns, now served by De Boigne’s own artillerymen. The Persian’s artillery was silenced; his followers fell fast or fled away before a murderous fire to which he could not reply. At last he admitted the inevitable, flung away his blood-stained sword, and galloped back to his tent in hopeless defeat. His commandants, Abdul Matlab and Ala Yār Beg sought their own safety, abandoning their sepoys to their fate.