eleven o'clock
Four days ' traveling brought them to the end of the railway . They were ferried across the Attock , and then their real work began . Although it was now late in September , the heat was still intense . Tents were struck an hour before daybreak and , by eleven o'clock each day , the column was at its halting place . It was , however , hours before the tents and baggage arrived . Many of the draft cattle were very poor , forage was scarce , and the arrangements far from good . The consequence was that great numbers of the oxen broke down and died , and many of the troops were often obliged to sleep in the air , owing to the non-arrival of their tents .