504 WAR OP THE TURKS 



The Infantry, who had refted themfelves a little, 

 fought to reinforce the van, by making a junction 

 with the cavalry. Which done, they attacked the 

 batteries with united force. 



After a light of 6 hours, the little beys retired to 

 their camp; where the great ones were waiting the hTue 

 of the combat. The beys had only 58 killed and 11 

 wounded, fifice they were ail, as I faid above, com- 

 pletely armed. 



The kapudan pafha, on the other hand, counted 

 6000 dead, and more than 1000 wounded. 



The fitft accounts received in Cairo Hated, that the 

 beys were entirely routed ; and therefore the beys who 

 were with the kapudan pafha, were extravagant in their 

 fhouts of joy : but four days afterwards, on being in- 

 formed of the truth of the matter, they kept a pro- 

 found filence. 



The 4th, of March, the 58 heads of thofe that were 

 fiaift in the army of the beys, were brought to Cairo. 



The nth. a Mograbefs and a country-woman were 

 put in prifon by the janizary-aga, for having brought 

 letters to the houfe of Ibrahim bey, which they had re- 

 ceived from one of his fervants who carried them into 

 the city. They were put in prifon ; and, as the kapu- 

 dan pafha was made to believe that the wives of this 

 bey had yet a great many other letters, before they 

 had fent away the anfwer and various other matters, 

 the kapudan pafha difpatched the janizary-aga and 

 two officers to thefe ful tanas, to caufe them to deliver 

 up the faid letters ; with orders to carry off all the 

 ilaves and eunuchs, and to force them to a confeffion ; 

 yet by all tfa's, nothing could be drawn out of them. 



Qn, 



