A Havildar then volunteered to mount the hill with ammunition.

He reached the party with seventy cartridges, and carried back a wounded native officer.

Other Guides followed his example, and all reached the valley as evening was closing in.
The Ghazis crept up the ravine, and maintained a hot fire upon them.

It soon became pitch dark, and the difficulty of the march was increased by a heavy storm.

The force lost the line of retreat and, but for the vivid lightning, would have found it impossible to make their way across the deep ravine.