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156 Captain Thomas then tried to raise a gun mounted with a bayonet to kill Bhavananda, but Bhavananda had caught him like a tiger and he could not move. Then at Bhavananda's command two or three Children bound him down. Bhavananda said, •* Take him on a horse and let us go to the aid of Jivananda." Then the few soldiers tied Captain Thomas to a horse and ran after Lieutenant Watson, crying " Hail, Mother." The Children under Jivananda were demoralised and were about to fly. Jivananda and Dhirananda ex- pected them to keep them to the ranks. But they could not manage everybody. Some fled to take shelter in the mango grove. The rest of the soldiers Jivananda and Dhirananda took to the bridge. But there Hay and Watson attacked them from two sides and it seemed to be all over with them.