nine o'clock
Mind , I do n't say that you will get it , lad , I do n't think you will ; for so many men distinguished themselves yesterday in that hand-to-hand fight that the names sent in will be very much larger than the number of crosses given . Still , your having been recommended will count in your favour when the time comes . '' So saying , with a kindly nod he moved on to the next bed . At nine o'clock the force moved out towards Tokar , half the Gordon Highlanders being left at El-Teb for the protection of the hospital and stores , and with orders to find and bury the Europeans that had fallen . During the day many of the Egyptian garrison of Tokar came into the camp from the surrounding villages . In the afternoon a mounted orderly brought in the news that the force had met with no resistance whatever on their way . Several parties of the enemy had been seen , but these fled as soon as they saw the troops advancing .