Mind and body were incessantly at work.

Twice in the short space of six weeks had the officer holding this responsible position succumbed, and now a third was on the point of breaking down.
Major-General Reed's health, never very strong, completely failed, and on the 17th July, only twelve days after succeeding Sir Henry Barnard, he had to give up the command and leave the camp on sick certificate.
[Footnote 1: See Kaye's 'History of the Indian Mutiny.'] [Footnote 2: Now General Sir Alexander Taylor, G.C.B.] [Footnote 3: Mahomedans of good family are so styled in northern India.] [Footnote 4: Tombs and Hills both received the Victoria Cross for their gallantry.] [Footnote 5: 'Adjutants,' never seen in ordinary times further north than Bengal, appeared in hundreds, and were really useful scavengers.] * * * * *.