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2 tnHht^d on here. The Ring's centre coihposed of the Rohillaa, the
3 Dooraiinee Dusteh of Populzye, and a division of halt' tiie King's gtiards,
4 wa.s thrown into confusion by the tire of the enemy's guns, charged hy their
5 hbrse, aod iUmoat mttxelj drirmiitfdwtidd^-.nQtiritfaitaiiding the exertions
6 o£diB inmr, who quitted Us hone' ttnd'dcebmd hu'roMlotiaii^ iKe it
7 . The reserve was then hrov^it iqpliy til* King ia penoo, and the Mahrattas
8 tepulsed in their turn : at the same time they were taken in flank by the letl
9 wing of the Dooraunees ; and the conat-qiience was their entire defeat and
10 rout. The general, the heir apparent of the Mahratta empire, and almoflt
11 the whole of the army perished in the %bt or the pursuit* t
12 '< Immediately on hearing this hit Excclknqr went to the Shauh's tent, and dcaired the euaucfat to
13 ** w.ike hi$ Majeiity that moment, a$ he had some urgent bu*iaeM with him.
14 " The Shauh caoM uot dinstiy, and ea<|uired what aewa: the N«vab replied* that there waa no
15 time fnr cxplaiwtkm, but deafand His Majesty to mooat hia hone* mi order die amy to get under
16 " arms. The Shauh accordingly mounted one of his hors^i, which wert always ready saddled at
17 " the tent door, and, in the dies* he then had ou, rode half a coas in front of his camp, ordezing
18 •* He enquired of the Navib from whom he had hi» intelligence ; and, lir mrntioning my naffll^
19 ** the^hauh immediately dispatched one on a pobt-camcl to bring me. After 1 had made my obck*
20 « aaneck he asked me the particaibra of the news. I replied, that the Mahrattas had quitted their
21 ** lines, and WOttU attack his army as soon as it shonld be light. Juit at this time tome Dooraunee
22 ** horsemen pasiedby. with their horses loaded with plunder, which tlicy said they had taken in the
23 ** Mahratta camp : and added, that the Mahrattas were running away. The Shauh looked at me^
24 M asked ne ^ '^''^ ^° ^'^^ ■ ^ replied, that a my short time would prove the truth or
25 M falsehood of myijiKoit. iWhjle t. wa »peakiug, the Mahntta;^, hating advanced about ai
26 " and a half firom thfK^fc aiAa^^
27 ** charge of them.
28 ** Upea hearing this, the Shaali, who wM sitting upon lus hone, smoking a Pdnan kaUiaot gave
29 <* it to his terrant, and with great cjim hob, said to the Navab, " Yourscnrant'tnews itWIJtfa^.I
30 jmt," He imaMdietqUy aeot for the. grand vizier an^ Sh«iUi. Puasaafl ILhanoy ttc"
31 . * <* The Navab Shoojahoodowlah, whose diTiakw was next, conld not MO what was going on,
32 ai M ieeouot of the daat, bittiadiagdieeoaadof atenand horses in that qmnrter suddenly diminidi,
33 M ha atat aietb caafldoe iate'^cni^* I Iband the grand visier in an agony of rage and despair,
34 M f^naching his maabrqaittipf fain. **Oarcomtr7iBfivo(l, my ftinda,'* nidki, «■ wUdM
35 « do yon fly." ' •
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37 ' t It is not easy to dctermjne JeCiWttiy die force of each party on this occaaioa. I conjecture
38 Ahmed Shauh's force to hare aBKwnted to forty thousand of his own subjects, thirty thousand
39 JUWOftttVopa, andtoillHaHadbdoDgiog to the Indian cJusfs i he had also seven hundred camel
40 ^ Digitized by Google