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The total casualties of the day were as follows:--
BRITISH OFFICERS.
Killed--Lieutenant R.T. Greaves, Lancs. Fusiliers.
" " H.L.S. Maclean, Guides.
Wounded severely--Captain M.E. Palmer, Guides.
Wounded slightly--Lieutenant-Colonel R.B. Adams, Guides.
NATIVE RANKS--Wounded--5.
FOLLOWERS--Wounded--2.
Total Casualties--11.

It must be remembered, that but for the incident which resulted in the
deaths of the officers, and which Sir Bindon Blood described in his
official despatch as an "unfortunate contretemps," the total casualties
would have only been seven wounded. That so strong a position should
have been captured with so little loss, is due, firstly, to the
dispositions of the general; and secondly, to the power of the artillery
which he had concentrated. The account of the first attempt to storm the
Dargai position on the 20th of October, before it had been shaken by
artillery fire, when the Dorsetshire Regiment suffered severe loss,
roused many reflections among those who had witnessed the action of
Landakai.


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