The rest of the force were to follow as soon as Clive's party gained the entrenchments.

Clive led the way with his Europeans, with the Sepoys supporting behind, and got across the rivulet with a loss of only four men.

He waited on the other bank till he saw the Sepoys climbing up, and then again led the English on in advance towards the unfinished part of the entrenchment.
"The Sepoys, however, did not move, but remained waiting for the main body to come up.

The enemy let Clive and his twenty-nine men get on some distance in advance, and then their cavalry, who had been hidden by a projection of the fort, charged suddenly down on him.

They were upon our men before they had time to form, and in a minute twenty-six of them were cut to pieces.