Lieutenant Bunbury's conduct of this retreat was most gallant and judicious; and his men behaved admirably.

When the assailants appeared likely to overwhelm him, he abandoned one of his two guns, and hastened on, leaving three men lying under them apparently wounded, and unable to move.

On this they pressed on, sword in hand, to despatch the wounded men, and seize the guns.

When the assailants were within thirty or forty yards of the gun, they started up, and poured in upon the dense crowd a discharge of grape with deadly effect.

A party then doubled back from the main body of the detachment, protected the artillery men in limbering up the gun, and escorting it to the main body, which again resumed its march.