327 A TRANSLATION OP THE KEDDAH ANNALS.' 
Then the three thousand heroes of the four Girgassi’s chiefs 
precipitated themselves upon the five thousand heroes and 
other soldiers of Dar ul Alum. Here there was much 
slaughter amongst the Samang and Bila soldiers, whose 
bodies lay in heaps like small hills. So that part of Kalana 
Hetam’s force was routed and fled behind the five thous¬ 
and. Thus only heroes were opposed to heroes. [Here 
the same metaphors are used as before ] At length 
the heroes of the Samang and Bila could hold out no longer 
but gave way like goats before tigers. But three thousand 
held their ground under the command of three chiefs. 
Their order however had been by this time broken, while 
the second or rear line was also broken. They, however, 
rallied and attacked the Girgasssis, and after slaying a few 
of them they met the commander of the heroes whose name 
was Jangi Kala, also the officers named respectively Pir- 
jungkala, Kirchangkala, and Hassingkala. All of these 
chiefs were armed with maces. Then came Pakerma Bukit, 
chief of the Samang, who encountered in single Combat 
Jangi Kala, and Sri Nairat Gunong, who was the chief of 
of the Bila, who fought with Perjangkala mace to mace. 
Next Malta Biru Gunong came. He was chief of the Sa- 
mangs, and he engaged Perjangkala. So here were six 
heroes engaged in mortal combat with their maces, three 
against three. 
Now the five other chiefs of the Girgassi plunged into 
the midst of the three thousand Samangs and Bila. The 
forces of Dar ul Gunong and Jakjakoocha Raja were broken 
by the onset of Phra Ong Kunai Rat and Phra Ang 
iang Ta, and Phra Angsurin and Phra Angkurin, assisted 
by all the nevvly arrived Rajas. It was like the flacking of 
cotton, so quickly did they come on. For the four Siamese 
Rajas advanced to the charge in front of their troops, and 
struck into the centre of the enemy. They would not 
even wait for their officers, who followed at adistance. 
[Tt would be difficult to catch a Siamese or Burmese or 
Peguan officer in these degenerate days leading his men 
to battle. 1 hey prefer looking on at a pretty safe dis¬ 
tance.] None could withstand this prowess of the five 
chiefs. When Dar ul Gunong and Jakjakoocha Rdja and 
the Panglimas Dara Bukit and Nara Gunong and Pakerma 
Alum and Pakerma Dewa and Mangan Udara observed the 
disorder and dispersion of their force before these war- 
liors ; they became furious and quickly confronted in person 
the enemy and advanced on the host of the latter. These six 
