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with him: of thefe he fent four thoufand to cover the right flank, and 

 about ten thoufand were fent to the fupport of the Grand Vizier, with 

 orders to charge the enemy fword in hand, in clofe order, and at full 

 gallop: At the fame time he gave directions to Shah Pussund Khan 

 and Nujeib-ul-Dowlah, that, as often as the Grand Vizier fhould charge 

 the enemy, thofe two chiefs mould at the fame time attack them in flank. 



About one o'clock thefe troops joined the Grand Vizier, who immedi- 

 ately mounted his horfe and charged the body of the Mahratta army, where 

 the Bhow commanded in perfon : Shah Pussund Khan and Nujeib- 

 ul-dowlah took them in flank at the fame time, the latter ordering his 

 rocket-rrm to fire off two rockets each at the fame time, which produced 

 a terrible effect. 



This clofe and violent attack laited for near an hour, during which 

 time they fought on both fides with fpears, fwords, battle axes, and even 

 daggers. Between twi and three o'clock, Biswas Row was wounded, and 

 difmounted from his horfe, which being reported to the Bhow, he order- 

 ed them to take him up and place him upon his elephant. The Bhow 

 himfelf continued the action near half an hour longer on horfeback, at 

 the head of his men; when all at once, as if by enchantment, the whole 

 Mahratta army at once turned their backs and fled at full fpeed, leaving 

 the field of batth covered with heaps of dead. The inflant they gave 

 way, the victors purfued them with the utmoft fury, and, as they gave no 

 quarter, the flaughter is fcarcely to be conceived, the purfuit continuing for 

 ten or twelve cofs in every direction in which they fled. 



Of every description of people s men, women, and children, there were 



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