Iorderedthetroopstoextendintwolines，supportedbyareservewiththefield-pieceandrocket-trough。Withthe”FortyThieves”inthefront，weadvancedalongtheplaintowardsthemountain。
TheBarisnowopenedfireuponusfromtheirvillages，fromwhichtheyweredriveninsuccession，untilnoenemyremainedtoopposeusexceptthoseuponthehighground。
Ourrightwasnowprotectedbyanexceedinglydeepravine，whichwasawatercoursecutbythetorrentsfromthemountain。Iaccordinglytookapartyofthe”FortyThieves，”andfollowingalongtheedgeoftheravine，ascendedtheslopethatledtothestockadesupontheheights。
Greatnumbersofnativeshadassembled，andwereshoutingthemostabusiveepithetsinArabicuntilwearrivedataboutahundredyardsfromtheforemoststockade。Thisnowopenedfireuponus，thenativesbeingconcealedwithin，andaimingwiththeirmusketsbetweentheintersticesoftheuprightpiles。
Myriflemennowkneltdownandfiredatthepuffsofsmokeastheyissuedfromtheimpenetrableironwoodzareebas。ThiswasjusttheworkthattheBarisunderstood，astheirpositionenabledthemtofightunseenamongthenumerousstockadesandhighrocksclothedwithbush。