midnight
They remained out all night , and did much execution among the Adansis . This was the first real success gained over them . Pickets and sentries were thrown out in a circle round the village . At midnight , the troops got a scratch meal under the protection of the huts . Many guns were captured , some Sniders , many cakes of powder , and much food which was cooking over the fires when the troops entered the village . Some of the rifles that had belonged to the men who had fallen in the unsuccessful attack were found , together with three thousand rounds of ammunition to fit them . All this was accomplished without any casualties to our troops .