Fall of the Mughal Empire v4.c58.s7.6
Fall of the Mughal Empire v4.c58.s7.6
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v4.c58.s7.6
The sight took the heart out of the campoo infantry. The 19th Light Dragoons during their 24 years' service in south India had created for themselves a name of terror by their toughness and vigour. They had cut off 500 men of Tipu Sultan’s choice Body Guard by driving them into a bound hedge and there killing every one of them with the sword and lance. No Indian horse or foot could face them. The right wing of the Maratha second line was dissolved. [Biddulph, 73.]