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Captain Baker and Lieutenant Wheatley
followed with a few more. The hospital was recaptured. The enemy
occupying it, some thirty in number, were bayoneted. It was a finish in
style. Returning, the sallying party found the cavalry--the 11th Bengal
Lancers--checked by a sungar full of tribesmen. This they charged in
flank, killing most of its occupants, and driving the rest after their
comrades in rout and ruin. The last man to leave the sungar shot
Lieutenant Rattray in the neck, but that officer, as distinguished for
physical prowess as for military conduct, cut him down. This ended the
fighting. It is not possible to think of a more fitting conclusion.
The casualties in the siege were as follows:--
Killed Wounded
11th B.L. . . . . . 1 1
45th Sikhs . . . . . 4 10
Dir Levies . . . . . 1 0
Followers . . . . . 1 2
Total, all ranks--20

This was the loss; but every man in the fort had held death at arm's
length, for seven nights, and seven days.


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