There were about two hundred of them.
"We went fast, but in two hours we saw the Bairds coming in pursuit; and as it was clear that they would overtake us, hampered as we were with the cattle, we stood and made defence.

There was not much difference in numbers, for the Bairds had not had time to gather in all their strength.

The fight was a stiff one.

On our side Percy Hope was killed, and John Liddel so sorely wounded that there is no hope of his life.

We had sixteen men killed outright, and few of us but are more or less scarred.