During the day they returned, and, gathering on the heights, made several unsuccessful attacks upon our camp.

At last, about 2 p.m., Brownlow, who was in command of the right defences, assumed the offensive, and, aided by Keyes, moved out of the breastworks and, by a succession of well-executed charges, completely cleared the whole front of the position, and drove the tribesmen with great loss into the plain below.
All opposition having now ceased, and the foe being in full retreat, the force bivouacked for the night.

We had 16 killed and 67 wounded; while our opponents admitted to 400 killed and wounded.
The next morning we were joined by Probyn with 200 sabres of the 11th Bengal Lancers and the same number of the Guides; and after a hasty breakfast the order was given to march into the Chamla valley.

My duty was to accompany the Mountain batteries and show them the way.

As we debouched into comparatively open country, the enemy appeared on a ridge which completely covered our approach to Umbeyla, and we could descry many standards flying on the most prominent points.