Note 220 — TAMAAI. March 13th, 1884.

When the order to charge was given, the 42nd. charged instantly, and the 65th. after a short interval, and more quickly than the flank half battalion. This inequality of movement left the right corner and part of the right flank of the square open. Worse still, the charge was made, to quote the common expression in the camp “at nothing.” The line stopped short, and in a few moments came the Arab rush, and the Highlanders and 65th. were so closely jammed together that they had hardly elbow room to use their weapons. Only three or four of the enemy got inside the square, and they were killed as soon as they entered.