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Gough, and a body of them soon opened fire on the 

 guns from within a hundred yards. Gough now 

 withdrew his guns and cavalry some 500 yards. As 

 soon as he did so, with loud yells the main body of 

 the enemy left the breastworks and rushed towards 

 him. Again their foremost were within short musket- 

 range when the Guides and Hussars charged into 

 them. The Guides, led by Major "Wigram Batty e, 

 dashed across a rocky ravine and down a steep slope 

 covered with boulders, straight at a large body who 

 quietly awaited them behind some stone walls en- 

 closing a field ; and as Battye rode into them, a 

 volley killed him and his horse and a native officer. 

 Instantly with wild yells the Pathans rushed forward 

 to knife him, but were met by his intrepid Sowars, 

 and a fierce hand-to-hand combat ensued. Xine 

 bodies of Khugianees lay dead round Battye, but 

 not a knife had entered him. Not one of the large 

 body of Khugianees left the ground alive ; for by 

 this time Lieut. Hamilton had swept round them 

 with another troop, and the infuriated Sowars spared 

 none. Nor did the Khugianees ask mercy : drawing 

 their knives, they stood and fiercely cut at horses 

 and riders, wounding more than thirty men and more 

 horses, not one of whom, perhaps, would have been 

 touched had the Sowars carried lances. The Hussars, 

 too, had charged into the enemy, and now they 

 wavered and gave ground. Meanwhile on the left 

 the infantry had arrived. Lieutenant "Wiseman 



