The Highlanders paid a heavy price losing 10 officers and 173 enlisted in this engagement.[3][4] The Ottomans ordered several counterattacks along the banks of the Dujail, and it was not until after 2 hours of hand to-hand fighting that the north bank was secured by the British.[4][5] The 9th Bhopals attempted a flanking movement but overshot their objective and came under fire from the banks of the Dujail. Two hundred fell, including heavy casualties among the officers.[5] South of the canal one company of the 28th Punjabis advanced in line with the 21st (Bareilly) Brigade.[4] The Seaforths on their left launched their attack some three hours later and drove the enemy from his first-line trench.[4][5] The intention in pressing in first on the right with the 21st Brigade was to give the Ottomans a line of retreat to the left to distract his attention as much as possible from the troops who had to advance over more open ground.[4] But the Ottoman position held out all day, and it was not until early on the morning of the 22nd that the Ottomans withdrew from their position.[4][4][5]