Fall of the Mughal Empire v4.c56.s13.30

v4.c56.s13.30

The English force advanced, the cavalry leading and the infantry following in two lines. No resistance was offered. “General Perron, as some prisoners afterwards reported to the British, was the first to fly.” His deserted horsemen, in their wild flight towards the fort, fell by the hundred from the fire of the galloper guns of Lake’s cavalry. “The enemy were so numerous that every shot did execution,” as Pester noticed. Perron’s entire field army disappeared westwards, without entering the fort.