History of Armenia, by Father Michael Chamich; from B. C. 2247 to ...

230 HISTORY OF ARMENIA.
then did this unhappy nation again see her
children about to plunge their swords into each
other's bosoms. On the dawn of the next daj^
the troops engaged with all the rancour that
particularly distinguishes civil wars.
The armies
met like two heavily laden ships, which in a
storm are driven towards each other, and both
sink by the violence of the concussion. The
clamour of those actually contending, the shouts
that marked apartial advantage, the groans of the
dying, with the clash of the weapons and armour
of the combatants, formed a scene of the greatest
horror. Dara, theSeunian, and principal general
of the army of Arsaces, made a gallant charge on
the troops opposed to him, killing numbers with
his own hand; but borne away by impetuosity,
he was surrounded bv a host of foes and killed.
On his fall the advantage seemed to lean towards
Khosrove; the army of Arsaces
becoming disheartened
by the loss of its best commander.
Isaac, the Bagratian noble, not less brave and
more skilful than Dara, after the flill of the latter,
made a furious attack upon that part of the army
where Arsaces was, and succeeded , after a dreadful
carnage, in putting it to flight.
Arsaces with
difficulty made his escape, accompanied by a
small band of followers.
Gazavon, the Camsaracan,
still remained, and fought with the courage
of a lioni but seconded only by a few men, and