The native officer in charge of the guard ordered the soldiers to seize those who fired but, as his men pressed their horses forward, the crowd closed in upon them, breaking their ranks and rendering them powerless.
While this had been going on, the men of Harry's escort were hard at work in getting up the paving stones of the yard, and piling them against the gate.

The lower windows were all barred and, as there was no entrance except by the front gate, it was felt that they could hold the house for some time.
As soon as the guard were swept away, a portion of the crowd attacked the gate with showers of stones, while a heavy musketry fire was opened at every window.

So heavy was this that Harry would not allow the troopers to show themselves there, but posted them behind the barricades of stone against the gates so that, when these yielded, they might be able to open fire whilst showing only their heads over the top line of stones.
Harry regretted, now, that he had not, when he returned from the rajah, at once ordered his men to mount and cut their way through the mob.

A few at least might have escaped though, doubtless, they would have been pursued by the irregular cavalry.

As it was he felt that, although they might sell their lives dearly, they must be destroyed to a man, unless the rajah sent assistance to them.