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the following morning his little band was reinforced 
by fifteen hundred cavalry, which had deserted from the 
enemy’s main body. Seeing that the battalions of 
their foe were daily increasing and theirs daily dimi- 
nishing, the Jetes resolved to attack him with their 
combined force before he could have time further to 
strengthen his army. 
The adverse squadrons, amounting to twenty thou- 
sand men, marched in three divisions. Timur di- 
vided his three thousand into six sections, and having 
advanced to the bank of the river, took possession of 
the bridge, drew up his troops upon the plain, and 
patiently awaited his enemy’s approach. Giving or- 
ders for the attack at three points simultaneously, he 
spurred his horse forward, and the opposing armies 
met. The contest continued with alternate success 
from morning until evening, neither side giving way. 
At length, ordering the standards to be unfurled, the 
prince and Amyr Hussyn made a desperate charge, 
sword in hand, upon the hostile divisions. Being 
sorely pressed by their resolute foes, headed by two 
such brave commanders, the Jete army wavered, fell 
into disorder, and fled before the adverse troops, who 
chased them entirely from the field, and took pos- 
session of their camp. A great quantity of plun- 
der thus passed into the hands of the victors. The 
Jetes, however, soon mustered in still stronger 
force, and marched towards the conqueror, resolved 
to redeem their lost honour by the extermination of 
their enemies. 
The victorious prince not finding himself strong 
enough to contend against such odds, had recourse to 
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