eleven
o'clock at night
Before us was the village of Palel , which was garrisoned by two hundred Manipur soldiers . You must remember that Manipur had been a sort of subsidiary state , and had a regular army , drilled by Europeans . However , Grant attacked them at once , and drove them out with loss . `` After halting at Palel for some hours a start was made , at eleven o'clock at night ; and at daybreak we came upon some villages , each house in which was standing alone in a large enclosure , surrounded by a wall , ditch , and hedge . We went at them and carried them , one by one , without any great loss to ourselves . Issuing on the other side , we came upon a plain about a thousand yards across . Beyond this was a bridge , on fire .