We never left the battery until the day of the assault--the 14th--except to go by turns into Ludlow Castle for our meals.

Night and day the overwhelming fire was continued, and the incessant boom and roar of guns and mortars, with the ceaseless rain of shot and shell on the city, warned the mutineers that their punishment was at hand.

We were not, however, allowed to have it all our own way.

Unable to fire a gun from any of the three bastions we were breaching, the enemy brought guns into the open and enfiladed our batteries.

They sent rockets from their martello towers, and they maintained a perfect storm of musketry from their advanced trench and from the city walls.