10 o'clock
The 1st and 2nd brigade were to advance abreast , the 3rd to follow in support . As the 66th were to take no part in the fight , Will Gale obtained leave to ride out with General Weatherby , with the 3rd division . The enemy were well aware of the weak point of the position which they occupied ; and they had mustered thickly in the plain , in which were several villages ; with canals cutting up the ground in all directions , and abounding with hedges , ditches , and enclosures -- altogether , a very strongly defensible position . It was at 10 o'clock , on the 1st of September , that the British force advanced . The first division , on the right , advanced against the large walled village of Gundi , which was strongly held by the enemy . Against this General Macpherson sent the 92nd and the 2nd Ghoorkas and , stubbornly as the enemy fought , the place was carried by the bayonet . On the line taken by the 2nd division -- under General Baker -- three villages had successively to be carried : Abasabad , Kaghanary , and Gundigan .