seven o'clock
The surgeons were at work all night attending to the wounded . No alarm was given by the outposts during the night , and as when morning broke there were no signs of the enemy , the men were allowed to fall out . A herd of lean cattle left by the Arabs was discovered not far off , and the Hussars went out in pursuit of them ; the tired horses were , however , no match in point of speed for the cattle , but a few of them were shot , cut up , and a supply of fresh meat for the day secured . At seven o'clock the baggage train came up . The camels were quickly unloaded , and the men set to work to prepare breakfast , having had nothing to eat since the meal they had taken the previous morning under fire in the zareba . During the day the dead were buried , the arms left by the natives collected and destroyed , and a stone inclosure commenced near the wells , for here the wounded were to remain under the protection of a small force of the Sussex . Both Edgar and the sergeant protested that they were perfectly capable of continuing the march , and were permitted to take their place in the ranks again .