The Ghoorkhas scouts, who had been engaged thirty-six times during the campaign, had killed more than their own strength of the enemy, and had lost but one man killed and two wounded; and this without taking count of the many nights they had spent in driving off prowlers round the camp.
The work of destruction now began.

Over sixty villages were destroyed in the valley and, on the following day, the expedition started to withdraw.

The lesson had been so severe that no attempt was made, by the tribesmen, to harass the movement.
The column marched down to the camp in the Maidan--the Adam Khels, through whose country they passed, paying the fine, and so picketing many of the adjacent heights as to guard the camp from the attacks of hostile tribesmen.

When they reached Bara they decided to rejoin the Peshawar column, without delay, as the outlook was not promising.

The evacuation began on the 7th of December, but the rear guard did not leave till the 9th.