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dozen of the mounted infantry had been left by Colonel
Brander, and these men saddled their ponies with
feverish haste. Bullets were still singing over the post,
but there was no doubt that the Tibetans had been
successfully beaten off, and the lesson to be taught them
was one which mounted men could best convey. The
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real flight of the Tibetans did not begin till forty minutes
after the first alarm, and though it would be inaccurate
to say that the issue was really in doubt after the first
five or ten, it will be seen that the engagement was for
a time hotly contested, and it is doubtful whether the
Tibetans lost many men till they broke and ran. After
that it was simply a case of shooting down the flying
