 Gillespie then tried to follow them back into the fort with a dismounted party of the 8th Dragoons.Although this failed, Gillespie renewed the attack with companies of the 53rd Foot.Thirty yards from the fort he shouted the words, "One shot more for the honour of Down" and charged with the men when a Nepalese sharpshooter shot him through the heart and he died within seconds of falling.