With a rush and a roar a great company of the Black Kendah charged the gateway.

Just as they began to emerge into the court I gave the word to fire, sending fifty Snider bullets tearing into them from a distance of a few yards.

They fell in a heap; they fell like corn before the scythe, not a man won through.

Quickly we reloaded and waited for the next rush.

In due course it came and the dreadful scene repeated itself.