1857 Capture of the Burn bastion--The 60th Rifles storm the palace -- Hodson captures the King of Delhi--Nicholson's death -- Gallantry of the troops--Praise from Lord Canning On the morning of the 15th the situation was reviewed, and preparations made for the conquest of the city.

Order was restored amongst the troops, who, as I have shown, had become somewhat demoralized by the street fighting.

Regiments and brigades were got together; raids were made on all the store shops within reach, and every bottle of beer and spirits was broken.[1] Some of the liquor would doubtless have been of great use in the hospitals, but there was no means of removing it, and the General wisely determined that it was best to put temptation out of the men's way.

Guns and mortars were placed into position for shelling the city and palace, and a few houses near, where the enemy's sharpshooters had established themselves, were seized and occupied.

We soon, however, gave up attacking such positions, for we found that street fighting could not be continued without the loss of more men than we had to spare, and that the wisest plan would be to keep the soldiers under cover as much as possible while we sapped from house to house.