"We were away at Bhanno when the order came, and the rest had gone down the river before we got to Mew; so we came on by ourselves, not wishing to fail in our duty." "You are just in time," the officer said.

"The Woondock is a quarter of a mile away, on the left." They moved off in that direction; but soon left the track and, avoiding the camp, kept away until they reached the edge of the forest.

Then they crept forward through the jungle and brushwood, pausing to listen from time to time and, three times, changing their course to avoid parties of the Burmese acting as outposts.
On issuing from the jungle they crawled forward for three or four hundred yards, so as to be beyond musket shot of the outposts; and then remained quiet until morning broke.

Then they could perceive red coats moving about, in a small village before which a breastwork had been thrown up, some four hundred yards away from them and, getting up to their feet, ran towards it.

Several shots were fired at them, from the jungle behind; and some soldiers at once appeared at the breastwork.