The Orcs quickly overran the first defense of Helm's Dike, but sustained many losses to the rearguard, "filling up the dike to the top". The army would arrive at the fortress at midnight on March 3.
The army of Saruman, ultimately consisting of of Uruk-hai, Wild Men of Dunland, Orcs, and Half-orcs, was reinforced on the way to the Hornburg, due to casualties in the Battles of the Fords of Isen. With the arrival of Théoden, the defenders' strength was just under three thousand men, allowing the defences to be fully manned. A local captain called Gamling the Old led the garrison of about a thousand men. As Théoden rode west, he met Ceorl, who informed him of Erkenbrand's defeat, unable to meet Saruman's force head-on with his small force, Gandalf advised him to ride straight to the Hornburg where many of the people of Westfold were taking refuge in the Glittering Caves.
After being freed by Gandalf from Gríma Wormtongue's influence, Théoden rode for the Fords of Isen where Erkenbrand was battling Saruman's Orcs.
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