Fall of the Mughal Empire v4.c56.s24.8

v4.c56.s24.8

The position of the small head of the British column was extremely critical, and Lake chose the heroic remedy of launching the 29th Light Dragoons to break the enemy's infantry lines. These horsemen quickly moved to the left of the 76th, formed into line and amidst deafening cheers from all their horse and foot, charged into the valley of death. Nothing could resist them, the two parallel lines of the enemy's right wing, before and behind the village, were pierced "with the impetuosity of lightning, in the face of a most tremendous fire of grape shot and a general volley of musketry."