At ten o'clock they reached the camp.
Here they found that General Jeffreys, with part of his brigade, had not yet returned.

At dawn, however, the general appeared, with his mountain battery and a small escort.

They had become separated from the remainder of the brigade, and the general decided to bivouac in a village.

Defences were at once formed.

The trenching tools were with the main body, but the sappers used their bayonets to make a hasty shelter.
The enemy took possession of the unoccupied part of the village, and opened fire on the trenches.