It was found that a village lay in the hollow of the plateau, and that sangars had been built all along the summit, and high up on the hill which covered the crest.
General Westmacott waited for two hours on the summit and, supposing that General Kempster could not make his way up, was about to withdraw his men; as large bodies of the enemy were seen, moving in a direction which threatened the left rear.

As they did so, General Kempster arrived.

He had experienced considerable resistance, and had lost two officers.
"That has been hard work, Lisle," his companion said, as they returned to camp.
"Yes, but the hardness consisted more in the climbing than in the fighting.

I wonder we are brought back again.

We shall probably have a great deal harder work, next time; for all the enemy in the Khanki Valley will no doubt be up there, waiting for us." That evening, there was much discussion at the mess upon the expediency of evacuating the pass, when it had once been occupied.
The general opinion, however, was that it was necessary.
General Lockhart was at the fort bearing his name, with a regiment of the 4th Brigade.