That afternoon I had the poor fellow carried over, and there I left him in the kind hands of Mrs.Moore, the _padre's_ wife, who had, as a special case, been allowed to accompany her husband to Cawnpore.

Peel died on the 27th.

On the 4th May I embarked at Calcutta in the P.and O.steamer _Nubia_, without, alas! the friend whose pleasant companionship I had hoped to have enjoyed on the voyage.
[Illustration: PLAN TO ILLUSTRATE THE SIEGE AND CAPTURE OF LUCKNOW, March, 1858] [Footnote 1: The Infantry portion of the army was divided into three divisions, commanded respectively by Outram, Lugard, and Walpole.

This was exclusive of Franks's column, which joined at Lucknow and made a fourth division.

The Artillery was placed under Archdale Wilson, and the Engineers under Robert Napier.