But we were by this time overtaking large bodies of the rebels, and they were becoming too numerous for a single battery and a few staff officers to cope with.
We had outstripped the Commander-in-Chief, and Hope Grant decided to halt, hoping that the missing Cavalry and Horse Artillery might soon turn up.

We had not to wait long.

In about a quarter of an hour they appeared among some trees to our left, even more put out than we were at their not having been to the front at such a time.

Their guide had made too great a detour, but the sound of our guns showed them his mistake, and they at once altered their course and pushed on in the direction of the firing.

Sir Colin had also come up, so off we started again, and never drew rein until we reached the Pandu Naddi, fourteen miles from Cawnpore.