 Captain Littledale had a narrow escape in a hand to hand conflict with an Arab, but no officers were killed.The Arab had been armed with a knife and Littledale with a pistol that had jammed.The fight went to the ground, but Littledale was rescued by Corporal Henry Baxter, who saw the struggle and was able to disarm the Arab, bayonet him and carry Littledale to safety and later rejoin the battle.