. Colonel Lister,
V.C. however--who commanded the 3rd Ghoorkas--threw his men rapidly
into company squares, and poured a tremendous fire into the
fanatics.

All along the line the attack raged; and so hurriedly had the
battle commenced that many of the men had not even fixed bayonets.
Desperate was the hand-to-hand fighting, and valor more conspicuous
than that of the Ghazis was never shown. Furiously they threw
themselves upon the line of their opponents; clutching their
muskets and trying to wrench them from their hands, while they
strove to cut down their holders. Many of them threw themselves
upon the fixed bayonets, and died in the endeavor to cut down the
soldiers with their swords; but the three regiments which formed
the line--one British (the 59th), one Ghoorkas, and one
Sikhs--alike held their own, and poured rolling volleys into the
ranks of the enemy.

Desperately the Ghazis strove to capture the guns; which were
firing case and shrapnel into them, at a distance of thirty yards,
mowing them down in hundreds. Not even would this terrible
slaughter have checked them, had not the 2nd Punjaub Cavalry most
gallantly charged them, again and again.

The general, surrounded by his escort, was in the midst of the
fight--the enemy having burst in between the guns and the 59th
Foot--and officers and troopers had, alike, to fight for their
lives; several of the escort being killed and wounded. At last,
however, the Ghazis fell back from the terrible fire.

The 1st Punjaub Cavalry, coming up from the rear, joined the 2nd in
a hot pursuit; and our native allies the Hazaras, seeing the
Afghans in retreat, also rushed out after them, and the rout of the
enemy was complete. The fighting had lasted about an hour, and the
enemy left over a thousand dead on the field, besides the bodies
which had been carried off Their wounded, of course, were far more
numerous. Ghuzni surrendered without opposition, when the column
reached it; the fighting men having been engaged in the battle of
Ahmed-Khel, and having had enough of hostilities.

On the 23rd of April, a force under Brigadier General Palliser
advanced against a large body of natives, who had assembled near
the village of Ghalez--again led by the Ghazis. These rushed to the
attack, with a courage and desperation equal to that shown by the
fanatics in the previous battle. Our men however were, this time,
prepared; and were able to inflict very heavy losses upon the
enemy