Fall of the Mughal Empire v4.c58.s8.5

v4.c58.s8.5

Thus ended the battle of Assaye. "Success was only gained by the most extraordinary exertions on the part of every man in the field . . . Every man, British or native, played his part with superlative gallantry. First and foremost, Wellesley himself was throughout, in the hottest of the fray, calm, cool, and collected as if at a field day. Two horses were killed under him; of his staff eight out of ten sustained wounds to themselves or their horses . . . The Sepoys showed not less bravery; and Wellesley confessed that they astonished him." [Fortescue, V. 32.]