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charged itself into the air. But it was almost unnoticed
in the sudden yell with which the Tibetans
hurled themselves with drawn swords against the thin
line of Pioneers leaning up against the wall. Such of
them as had their pieces ready fired point-blank at
the Indian guard, and then dropping them, flung them-
Five minutes before the disaster at Guru.
selves with their long, straight heavy swords into the
melée. Two Europeans were caught inside the wall,
and both were wounded. One, Mr. Candler, the correspondent
of the Daily Mail, was severely cut about
before his assailants could be shot down. The other,
Major Dunlop, found himself confronted by a furious
Tibetan who cut his hand upon his rifle stock with a
fearful thrust before Dunlop was able to kill him.
