The enemy, however, began to ascend the hills, and some appeared above him and began rolling down stones and firing into his party.

Fowler himself was wounded in the back, a corporal was killed, and two other men wounded.

He managed, however, to effect his retreat, and joined the main body.
As the enemy were now swarming on the hills, the party began to fall back to Reshun, which was two miles distant.

They had an open plain to cross and a spur, a thousand feet high, to climb.

During this part of the retreat an officer and several men were wounded but, on reaching the crest, the party halted and opened a steady fire upon the enemy; whom they thus managed to keep at a distance till they reached Reshun, which they did without further loss.
The force here were occupying a sangar they had formed, but so heavy a fire was opened, from the surrounding hills, that it was found impossible to hold the position.