AN UNFORTUNATE INCIDENT 481 slope towards the fields. Only a handful bravelycharged the head of Meiklejohn's column, most of these falling under the fire of the Punjaubis.

General Blood now gave the West Kent the order to advance,and they dashed up the front of the spur and cleared the sungars of the few tribesmen who had stuck to them when the mainbody hadabandoned the spur.

The cavalry (Guides andBengalLancers)had beenordered to push forward by the causeway and charge the retiring enemy in the plain beyond, but it was found that the roadway had been so effectually destroyed in two or three places bythe enemy that it was sometimebefore the Engineers could make it possible for the horsemen to get through the "Gate," even to single file The action at Landaki-had been so entirely wonbv good manSuvring that the actualloss up rice fields, and some of them were rallying again near the foot of the hills,at a cemetery marked by a groupof trees and a ruined Buddhist tope. Colonel Adams rode for them with the only squadronhe had with him. He wasaccompanied by two officers, who were neither of them attached as combatants to the expedition— Lieutenant Greaves, of the Lancashire Fusiliers, who wasacting as correspondentof the Times of India, and Lieutenant Lord Fincastle, of the 16th Lancers, who was the correspondent of the London Times. His object was to seize the ruins and open fire with carbines on the enemy, who were about 500 strong. What exactly occurred is told in a slightly different wayby different narratives written at the time, as can easily happen when the subject is a confused skirmish. It appears that the squadron became a good deal scattered in making its way PANORAMIC VIEW OF THE ACTION AT LANDAKI.

to the moment the spur was captured was only seven wounded, none of them white men. But now occurred an unfortunate incident thatled to the loss of some valuable lives. When after long delay the first squadronof the Guides got past the :pur, the enemy had retired across the through the rice fields. As they gained the ground beyond, Greaves and Captain Palmer of the Guides were riding together,Greaves's horse being very excited and inclined to bolt ahead. Further back, and divided from their comrades by a nullah, rode Colonel Adams and Lord 31