Scouts flanked the advance guard, thereby preventing the chance of an ambuscade; but greatly delaying the column, as they had to cut their way through the bushes.

They halted that night at Sheramasi.

A detachment was left at a village at the foot of the hills.

Just as the head of the troops arrived at the top, they were fired into from behind a fallen tree.

A sharp fight took place for nearly an hour, until the enemy were turned out of their position, and pursued through the bush, by a company which had moved round their flank.