On attacking Mr.Ravenscroft at first, some of them were heard to say, "You have run from Cawnpoor to come and seize upon the estate of Bhinga, but we will settle you." Mrs.Ravenscroft, her infant, and female attendants, remained concealed under the shade of the trees, and her husband was now taken to her with eighteen spear wounds through his body.

The Rajah and his two young sons soon after made their appearance, and in the evening the survivors were all taken by the old man to a spacious building, close outside the fort, where they received every possible attention; but the eldest son never made his appearance.

Out of the twenty-nine men who composed the party when the attack commenced, seven had been killed and eighteen wounded.

Mr.Ravenscroft died during the night of the 7th, after great suffering.

He retained his consciousness till near the last; but the blood continued to flow from his mouth, and he could articulate nothing.