Between that and the slopes which came up was a m�l�e of South Staffords and Japanese bayonetting, fighting with each other, with some Japanese just throwing grenades from the flanks into the m�l�e . " Calvert added, " there, at the top of the hill, about fifty yards square, an extraordinary m�l�e took place, everyone shooting, bayoneting, kicking at everyone else, rather like an officers guest night ."