They therefore retired to some houses, where firewood and other supplies were found.

The only drawback to this place was that it was more than a hundred yards from the river, and there was consequently great danger of their being cut off from the water.
As soon as they reached the houses they began to fortify them.

The roofs were flat and, by piling stones along the edges, they converted them into sangars.

The walls were loopholed, the entrances blocked up, and passages of communication opened between the houses.

A party of Kashmir volunteers then went down to the other sangar and brought the wounded in, under a heavy fire.
At sunset the enemy's fire ceased, as it was the month of Ramzam, during which Mahomedans have to fast all day between sunrise and sunset.