eight o'clock
The object of the expedition , however , had been attained ; and the soldiers retired rapidly , without casualties . At five in the afternoon the officers assembled at Colonel Burroughs 's quarters . Here the details of the work were explained to them . They were to fall in at eight o'clock , and deliver the attack between nine and ten . The Maxims were to follow in rear of the infantry , and no other guns were to be taken . Only five hundred men were selected to go . Captain Loch 's company were to take the lead , as a reward for the scouting they had done in the morning .