 He reached within 75 km of Kathmandu and captured the forts at Sindhuli and Hariharpur, but was forced to retreat by a 2 prolonged attack from Kaji Vamsharaj Pande and Sardar Banshu Gurung.Captain Kinloch sent a message of his inability to reach Kathmandu to which Jaya Prakash was disheartened.However, the local traders saw the British failure as a relief due to the detrimental effect of British on the trade of Bihar and Bengal.