Brown was all for immediate action, without having any definite plan.
On the 22nd, Gordon was ordered to land with fifty men, and occupy a small building on the top of a hill on the north side of the river.

What he was expected to do there does not appear.

Soon, a number of boats full of men were observed crossing from the fort to engage Gordon, so a reinforcement of fifty men was sent to him.

On reaching the hill, Gordon found that what had been taken for a building consisted only of a natural pile of loose stones, such as are to be frequently seen on the Deccan hills, and there was nothing for it but to re-embark.

He managed his retreat to the landing-place in good order, followed by the enemy at musket-shot distance.
Several times he faced about, but the enemy always shrank from close quarters.