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The enemy
were driven from the field. Sixty were actually speared by the Lancers,
and the rest retreated in gloom and disorder to their hills across the
frontier.
The casualties were as follows:--
British Officers.
Wounded severely--Major A. Lumb, Somersetshire Light Infantry.
" " Captain S.W. Blacker, R.A.
" " 2nd Lieut. E Drummond, Somersetshire Light Infantry.
Wounded slightly--Lieut. A.V. Cheyne, 13th Bengal Lancers.
British N.C.O.'s and Soldiers.
Killed. Wounded.
51st Field Battery, R.A. . . . . 0 2
Somersetshire Light Infantry . . . 3 9
Native Ranks.
13th Bengal Lancers . . . . . 1 12
20th Punjaub Infantry . . . . . 5 35
Followers . . . . . . . 0 1
Total Casualties, all ranks--72.

That such an outrage, as the deliberate violation of British territory
by these savages, should remain unpunished, "Forward Policy" or no
"Forward Policy," was of course impossible.


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