Fall of the Mughal Empire v4.c44.s2.64

v4.c44.s2.64

"The coolness of the General and the excellent discipline of his troops prevented any disorder, even when Ismail Beg's horsemen broke his line and sabred his gunners at their pieces. The ranks were dressed anew, the line was formed again as soon as it was broken, and his conserved and well-directed fire repelled that vigorous attack. . . . Leaving his cannon in charge of the reserve, he put himself at the head of one of his battalions and ordering the others to follow, threw himself, sword in hand on the batteries of the enemy, and seized the first immediately; he was master of the second at 8 P.M., and the enemy were found in complete rout at 9 P.M." (Mémoire, p. 85.)