about eleven at night
Towards the evening it came on to rain very hard , and we had no tents or covering of any sort . We of the light division were pushed on inland , to give space for the other troops to form as they landed . Our orders , issued by Sir Colin Campbell , were to remain quiet , and , above all things , to keep our rifles and ammunition dry . At about eleven at night a shot was fired by one of the enemy 's sentinels , which whistled close to us . `` Stand to your arms , '' was the cry , `` the Russians are upon us . '' At the same time our whole line of sentinels opened a brisk fire on , it was supposed , the advancing enemy . What cared we then for the rain and cold !