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。

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