nine o'clock
It was an hour before the column appeared , but the whole force was not through the defile until it was too late to carry out the destruction of the villages . The column therefore retired , severely harassed , the while , by the enemy . Next day Colonel Hill was again sent forward , with the Border Scouts , the 4th and 5th Ghoorkhas , part of the Queen 's , and the Khoat Battery . They were over the Kotal at nine o'clock , and the 5th Ghoorkhas and the scouts were sent to hold the hills on the left . The Chamkannis had anticipated a sudden visit , and were in force on the left , where they had erected several sangars . The little body of scouts , eighty men strong , fought their way up the hill ; and waited there for the leading company of the 5th . Lieutenant Lucas , who commanded them , told off half his company to sweep the sangar , and then the remainder dashed at it .