As the path was narrow, cavalry could only proceed in single file, exposed the while to the fire of the enemy.
Sir Bindon Blood arrived, that evening, to take the command.

The main body were to move down the road; while a force under Colonel Goldney advanced up the hill to the right, and turned the enemy's flank.

Colonel Goldney's attack was perfectly successful.

The enemy were taken completely unawares, and entirely routed.

The march of the main column, therefore, met with no opposition for some distance; then the enemy opened fire, from among the rocks on the hills.
A party of the Guides and the 45th Sikhs were ordered to take the position, at the point of the bayonet.