Πέρασε πάνω από τους σωρούς των σκοτωμένων και κείνων που ξεψυχούσαν κ' έφτασε πρώτα σ' ένα γειτονικό χωριό. Ολόκληρο ήτανε στάχτη.
After passing over heaps of dead or dying men, the first place he came to was a neighboring village, in the Abarian territories, which had been burned to the ground by the Bulgarians, agreeably to the laws of war.