If not very useful, yet it may, however, be thought curious, to know the disposition of a barbarous army ready to engage in a pitched battle as this was. Kefla Yasous, who commanded the left-wing under the king, placed his cavalry in a line to the opening of the road down into the valley; between every two musquets were men armed with lances and shields; then, at a particular distance, close before this line of horse, was a body of lances, and musquets, or sometimes either of them, in several lines, or, as they appeared, a round body of soldiers, standing together without any order at all; then another line of horse, with men between, alternately as before; then another round corps of lances and musquets, advanced just before the line of horse, and so on to the end of the division. I know nothing of the disposition of the rest of the army, nor the ground they were engaged on; that where we stood was as perfect a plain as that commonly chosen to run races upon, and so I believe was the rest, only sloping more to the lake Tzana. The king's infantry was drawn up in one line, having a musqueteer between every two men, with lances and shields. Immediately in the center was the black horse, and the Moors of Ras el Feel, with their libds, disposed on each of their flanks. Immediately behind these was the king in person, with a large body of young nobility and great officers of state, about him. On the right and left flank of the line, a little in the rear, were all the rest of the king's horse, divided into two large bodies, Guebra Mascal hid in the bank on our left at right angles with the line, enfilading, as I have already said, the whole line of our infantry; this will be easily understood by consulting the plan where H H, G G, F, and I, represent the disposition that I have now described. [Illustration: PLAN ---- _of_ ---- THE SECOND BATTLE ---- OF ---- _SERBRAXOS_. _Fought 20^{th} May, 1772._ SECOND BATTLE. Explanation. 1. Gondar. 2. King's palace. 3. King's palace on the River Kaha. 4. Mahometan town on the River Kaha. * * * * * A The king marches from his camp to F by the road D and E. GG The two bodies of horse. HH Line of infantry, muskets, and lances alternately. I Guebra Mascal in ambush, in the face of the banks of the Mariam, among the bushes. KK Powussen's march from his camp at Correva. LL Powussen's first appearance in disorder. MM Powussen's line formed in the front of the king. NN The army of Begemder galloping to charge the king, receive a close fire from Guebra Mascal hid in the bank at I, and immediately after from the king's line HH. OO Part of the army of Begemder wheeling to the left, and flying over the plain in disorder. PP The king, with his reserve following the right of the Begemder horse. QQ The right of the Begemder horse pursued by the king, having rallied.