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The mutineers returning from our rear had met an equal number, which had sallied from the city, at the suburb of Kishenganj, and the forces, joining together, moved forward and attacked the whole right of the ridge and the pickets in that quarter.
September 7 to 14 Strength of our force General Wilson's order Volunteers for artillery called for All our batteries open fire Number of casualties during bombardment Frequent sorties Death of Captain Fagan, Bengal Artillery Breaches examined Orders for the assault Details of columns The assault Blowing in of Kashmir Gate Details of the operations Cowardly tactics of the enemy Gallant conduct of Private Moylan, 61st Regiment Gallant conduct of Surgeon Reade, 61st Regiment Doing of Nos. 1 and 2 columns Nicholson mortally wounded No. 4 column attacks Kishenganj Conduct of the Kashmir troops They lose their guns Their search for them Failure of the attack on Kishenganj Intention of the enemy Work of the Cavalry Brigade Support by the Guides infantry Casualties on September 14 Bravery of the native troops Temptations to drink All liquor destroyed We construct more batteries Reported intentions of the General These overruled The enemy attacks our advanced posts We storm the magazine Further advance of Nos. 1 and 2 Columns The 61st move to the church Colonel Skinner State of the church Unsuccessful attack on the Burn bastion Eclipse of the sun The Burn bastion captured The enemy begin to retire Capture of the Lahore Gate and Garstin bastion The Palace and Selimgarh taken The Jama Masjid taken The 61st move to Ali Khan's house Casualties Reflections
The Kishenganj battery also opened fire, and our position became critical in the extreme from the increasing number of the foe, who were constantly reinforced, and defied all endeavours to drive them from their cover.
At early morn, under cover of an unceasing cannonade from the city batteries on to the right of our position, the insurgents in great force and of all arms streamed out from the gates, making in the direction of the suburb of Kishenganj, their evident intention being to turn our right flank and make for our camp.
For three days and nights previous No. 1 Battery, on the extreme right, was severely pounded from the Mori bastion and Kishenganj, but when the guns got into full play the fire from the former grew gradually weaker and weaker, till it was completely overpowered.
Accompanied by our Adjutant and some other officers, I rode out to Taliwarra and Kishenganj on September 28. These suburbs were a mass of ruins, but enough was left intact to show the immense strength of the enemy's position at the former place.
From Kishenganj we rode through the Sabzi Mandi Gardens, visiting our old pickets there and at the Crow's Nest, and then proceeded up the slope of the ridge to Hindoo Rao's house. This was still garrisoned by the Sirmoor battalion of Goorkhas, some of whom escorted us round the place, pointing out the different positions they had so gallantly defended.
Had that position been taken, and No. 4 Column, according to instructions, pushed on to the Lahore Gate, no good, as it turned out, would have been effected. Nicholson's columns, as related, had been forced to retire; the gate would have remained closed, and possibly the undertaking would have resulted in a more serious collapse than the ineffectual attempt on Kishenganj.
A canal which supplied us with water from the Jumna ran round the ridge past the suburb of Kishenganj into the city, and was crossed by two bridges, over which communication with the country to the north-west, and leading to the Punjab, was kept open by the loyal Sikh chieftains and their retainers.
Now the sun had risen, and still he watched for the signal, when shots in quick succession were heard on the right of the column, and it became known that the Kashmir contingent, without waiting for orders, had become engaged with the enemy. Some men of the 60th Rifles were thrown out as skirmishers, and Major Reid moved with his force in the direction of Kishenganj.
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