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matist with liberal presents. On the seventeenth of 
April,, being joined by a considerable detachment of 
troops from Juanpoor, he called a council of his offi- 
cers, and took their opinion whether they should 
cross the river and attack the Bengal forces, which 
had encamped on the opposite side for the pur- 
pose of obstructing his passage. The suba, dissa- 
tisfied with Baber’s assurances of forbearance, re- 
solved to oppose his further progress, and accordingly 
stationed a large body of troops upon the banks of 
the Goggra near its junction with the Ganges. Baber 
had manned a number of boats with matchlock-men, 
which he stationed at a ford to protect the passage 
of his soldiers. Two divisions of the army having 
succeeded in crossing the Goggra, vigorously attacked 
the enemy, who being unprepared, fled in confusion. 
The emperor soon after joined his victorious squadrons, 
expressed his high approbation of their spirit in the 
late conflict, and advanced two generals who had 
chiefly distinguished themselves to posts of honour. 
He bestowed the government of Juanpoor upon Mo- 
hammed Zeman Mirza. This signal success induced 
many of the Afghan chiefs to accept the royal cle- 
mency. The suba made overtures of peace, which 
was concluded, and the sovereign set out on his return to 
Agra. Some of the Afghan nobles, however, still held 
out, and intelligence reached the royal camp that they 
were in full march towards Lucknow. Baber des- 
patched a numerous body of forces to that city, and 
continued his march towards his capital. The very 
night that these troops were despatched, so violent a 
storm arose in the camp that most of the tents were 
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