The head of the column was halted for a few minutes until reinforcements came up.
Then they formed into line, the artillery opened on their flanks, and with a cheer the troops advanced to the attack.
"The beggars cannot shoot a bit," Frank Mallett said to his subaltern, Armstrong.

"I expect they are Sepoys, for the Oude tribesmen are said to be good marksmen." Keeping up a rolling fire at the loopholes in the walls, the infantry pressed forward.

The fire of the enemy slackened as they approached, and they soon forced their way in, some helping their comrades over the wall, others breaking down a gate and so pouring in.

A halt was made until the greater portion of the troops came up, and then the advance was continued.
The defenders of the wall had been considerably reinforced by troops stationed round the Palace itself, but they were unable to withstand the British advance, and soon began to retreat towards the city; stopping occasionally where a wall or building offered facilities for defence, but never waiting long enough for the British to get at them.

In two hours all had been driven down the hill to the Martiniere College.