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90 with freebooters had taken place at a police post near the town of Buste; that the village of Cuptāngung had been burnt to the ground; that Nugger having been occupied by insurgents, they were flocking into its fortress; and that the whole country lying between the ferry at Gyghāt on the river Ghagrā and the main road in the rear was blocked.

Then came the usual and oft-repeated question. What was best to be done? And after some discussion a sagacious decision prevailed.

It was urged that the present position of the Brigade was rendered useless by the enemy being in its rear, and pointed out that to hold it now would be to encourage him to break away, and overrun with impunity the neighbouring districts, which lay open without a bayonet to check his inroads and anarchy.

An immediate march, therefore, to the disturbed neighbourhood became unavoidable. And so, in a few hours after the above-recorded action, the camp was struck, the baggage packed, the earthwork levelled, and at midnight the terrific roar of the captured guns, as they were burst, appropriately served to convey a temporary farewell to Amorah, and an ominous growl to the foe in the rear. 