The colonel at once rode down to headquarters, and laid a complaint before the Earl of Athlone, who promised that he would cause every inquiry to be made.

Then the general commanding the Hesse contingent was communicated with, and the colonel of the cavalry regiment to which Sir Richard Fulke belonged was sent for.
He stated that Captain Fulke had been away on leave of absence for three days, and that he had gone to England.

The regiment was, however, paraded, and it was found that five troopers were missing.
No inquiry, however, could elicit from any of the others a confession that they had been engaged in any fray, and as all were reported as having been in by ten o'clock, except the five missing men, there was no clue as to the parties engaged.

The five men might have deserted, but the grounds for suspicion were very strong.

Still, as no proof could be obtained, the matter was suffered to drop.
The affair caused, however, much bad feeling between the two regiments, and the men engaged in affrays when they met, until the order was issued that they should only be allowed leave into the town on alternate days.