The detached column was to protect an entrance over the Pirsai Pass.

The assault was made by the column under General Meiklejohn, and so well was the force distributed--the hills on either side being captured, while three batteries opened fire on the hill with shrapnel--that the tribesmen were unable to maintain their position.

The pass was captured with only one casualty, and the troops marched triumphantly down into Buner, the first British troops who had ever entered the country.
They halted at the first village.

As this place was plentifully stocked with goats and chickens, they found abundance of food.
The detached column were equally successful in their attack on the Pirsai Pass, for they met with scarcely any resistance.

Our success, in capturing the two passes hitherto deemed impregnable, brought about a complete collapse of the enemy.