ten o'clock
`` We must all take our chances , '' the sergeant said . `` Maybe presently you will be in more danger than he is . '' Half an hour later orders were issued that the men were to prepare for action , and it became known among the officers that the general had determined to leave a small garrison to protect the baggage and camels in the zareba , and to push forward with the rest of the force and capture the wells , and then send back and fetch in the camels and baggage . But the movement was delayed until ten o'clock in hopes that the enemy would attack . As they did not do so , orders were given , and the square formed up . The Guards ' Camel Corps formed half the front of the square , and the right flank . The Mounted Infantry filled up the other half of the front , and half the left flank .