Marshal de Bourmont decided it would be wiser to return to Algiers and ordered troops to get ready to depart at 1:00 pm.

[13] Two French artillerymen who had brought their horses to drink in a stream at the foot of the mountain were surprised and beheaded by kabyle warriors.

[15] The French rapidly gathered in column formation and started marching back toward Algiers as thousands of kabyle warriors came down from mountain, soon joined by some inhabitants of Blida.

[19] The last action of the day took place in a small oleanders grove North-East from Boufarik, after which the Algerian forces withdrew as night fell.

After a one-hour resting halt, the French column resumed marching toward Algiers and reached Birtouta around 11:00 pm.