nded who ought to have been in hospital were utilized
for the protection of the camp.

[Footnote 1: Punjab Administration Report, 1857-58.]

[Footnote 2: The tract of country between the Sutlej and Ravi rivers.]

[Footnote 3: Norman's narrative.]

[Footnote 4: The late General Sir James Brind, G.C.B.]

[Footnote 5: 'The Indian Mutiny,' by Forrest.]

[Footnote 6: When his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales was coming to
India in 1875, I obtained permission from Lord Napier of Magdala, who
was then Commander-in-Chief, to erect miniature embrasures to mark
the gun of direction of each of the breaching batteries; and on these
embrasures are recorded the number, armament, and object of the
batteries.]

[Footnote 7: Colonel Arthur Lang is the only one of the four now
alive.]

[Footnote 8: Nearly every man was on duty. The daily state of the
several corps must have been very similar to the following one of the
75th Foot.

DAILY STATE
OF
H.M.'S 75TH REGIMENT

Camp Delhi, 13th September, 1857.

+--------------------+--------------+------------+----------------+
| | Sergeants. | Drummers. | Rank and File. |
+--------------------+--------------+------------+----------------+
| Fit to turn out | 1 | 5 | 37 |
| On duty | 29 | 6 | 361 |
+--------------------+--------------+------------+----------------+

(Sd.) E. COURTENAY,
Sergt.-Major,
75th Regt.

True copy,
(Sd.) R. BARTER, Lieut.-Adj.,
75th Regiment.]

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CHAPTER XVIII.
1857

Delhi stormed--The scene at the Kashmir Gate
--Bold front by Artillery and Cavalry--Nicholson wounded
--The last I saw of Nicholson--Wilson wavers--
Holding on to the walls of Delhi

It was intended, as I have before said, that the assault should be
delivered at break of day, but many of the men belonging to the
regiments of the storming force had been on piquet all night, and it
took some time for them to rejoin their respective corps. A further
delay was caused by our having to destroy the partial repairs to the
breaches which the enemy had succeeded in effecting during the night,
notwithstanding the steady fire we had kept up.

While we were thus engaged, the Infantry were ordered to lie down
under cover. Standing on the crenellated wall which separated Ludlow
Castle from the road, I saw Nicholson at