midnight
The few of our men who had not fallen asleep were for burning the piled-up plunder , but he threatened to shoot whoever dared set match to it . `` Shall we light a beacon to warn the countryside ? '' said he . A little after midnight there began to be attempts by Turkish soldiers to break through and run for Angora . But I had kept my twenty guards awake with threats of being made to carry ammunition -- even letting the butt of my rifle do work not set down in the regulations . So it came about that we captured every single fugitive . They were five all told , and I sent them , tied together , down to Ranjoor Singh .