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 the head of his column, and wondered what was passing through his mind.

Was he thinking of the future, or of the wonderful part he had played during the past four months?
At Peshawar he had been Edwardes's right hand.

At the head of the Movable Column he had been mainly instrumental in keeping the Punjab quiet, and at Delhi everyone felt that during the short time he had been with us he was our guiding star, and that but for his presence in the camp the assault which he was about to lead would probably never have come off.