Show a held an almost impregnable position but abandoned it through sheer cowardice kew york hay of the lame of may 6 between the british ex and natives ot thabet recount 3 in a dispatch from the times cor respondent at karo pasa thabet chow that the action took place feet above aea level it was the outcome of an attack on colonel and hla escort at early dawn on thursday by men from Dong Tee th attacking force arrived at geang T at midnight the approach being ath the utmost crecy the Karrl Bon under ol 01 lealor il urray behaved with great gallantry and beat off the attack lully although the pick at the roeie ind nearly all the had been taken for an expedition to kara lola it was not thought the attack was to be delivered shortly after the Kar alola force had left when colonel braulea Bran lea with hla rifles camped on the pass thursday night 1600 were holding a vail three allea ahead their petition wag well flanked and elaborate preparations had been made tor the burling down of rocks fro loth ld if the gorge seven octha ien verc from kalna and thir naj nt truro aal lo coaly aly the enemy after obstinate realist ance were cleared from the wall two hangars San gars well defended held back the advance tor two hours during moat of I 1 which time a pelting bal letoria waa in progress the general plan of attack was an outflanking movement by one company of and a direct attack by pioneers ultimately it was found necessary to detach a forre of to scale a precipice 1000 feet high the gallantry of both th sikhs and uie plonia on both blanka was con as the resistance waa stubborn unell the flanks were turned when that occurred the entire tolbet an force fled from the wall the casualties of the during the actual fighting were about 75 and probably as many again were lost during the pursuit by the mounted infantry who have not captain bethune who was among aba five Britti ih killed tell while leading his roen to the attack on the wall the construction of the wall and the choice ol 01 the where it was built credit ou th su much HO that ito abandonment must la bi due bsheer a it would have been to f 1 fi take it by frontal attach the enemy largely using made rifles and cartridges instead of matchlocks match locks |