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Brigadier Wild was in command at [[Peshawar ]] awaiting the arrival of General Pollock. General Sale was besieged in [[Jalalabad]] and it was seen as important to hold the fort of [[Ali Masjid ]] to protect the line of advance through the Khyber Pass. The fort was occupied by a small detachment of Afghan levies whose loyalty seemed uncertain. Colonel Moseley was therefore sent out with the two sepoy regiments. He reached the fort without incident but found that 300 of 350 supply-bullocks had been left behind. This meant that the force could not hold the fort for long. Brigadier Wild decided to relieve the garrison and determined to set out from [[Jamrud]] on 19 January. The Sikh auxiliaries however mutinied and returned to Peshawar. The sepoys were young soldiers who had been told of the horrors of the Khyber Pass by the Sikhs. Nevertheless Wild advanced with two regiments and the Sikh guns. At the entrance to the pass they encountered fire from the Afridi tribesmen and refused to go forward. The Sikh guns broke down and Brigadier Wild, wounded in the face, was forced to withdraw to Jamrud.