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We pursued the flying enemy for some distance and then halted and collected the arms they left on the plain. Some seven pieces of small calibre Artillery, a quantity of jingalls and a few old-fashioned rifles were picked up.
I cannot claim any merit for having inflicted but—as I believe—small loss upon our enemy in this action, but I am heartily glad that not many of them were killed or even hit; these rebels were mostly misguided creatures, badly armed and untrained to war, a foe utterly unworthy of a soldier's steel.
I believe the enemy's force was pretty considerable on this occasion and that they staked their all on the issue. Their intention was to press home and crush us, believing in the vast superiority of their numbers and in a certain victory.
... he had no heart to come to close quarters; he made no attempt at a stand. The Chinaman had no idea of the power of the modern rifle...
This defect shattered their confidence in their war-like attempts, and I then felt sure they would not again assume the offensive or openly resist our arms. Subsequent information revealed the fact that 2600 men took part in this action, and there is good reason to believe that at least one third were men who came from beyond the British Boundary.