armed^  but  not  yet  unmasked.  It  was  constructed  immediately  in  front
of  Lxidlow  Castle,  five  hundred  yards  from  the  Cashmere  Bastion.  It  was
made  in  two  portions^  the  right  half  for  seven  heavy  howitzers  and  two  1 8«-
pounders ;  the  left  half,  about  two  hundred  yards  distant,  was  for  nine  24«
poundera  The  whole  of  the  eighteen  guns  were  destined  to  silence  thefire
of  the  Cashmere  Bastion,  to  knock  away  the  parapet  right  and  left  that
gave  cover  to  the  defenders,  and  to  open  the  main  breach  by  which
the  town  was  to  be  stormed.§  The  right  portion  was  under  thci
command  of  Major  Eaye||  and  the  left  under  Major  J.  H.  Campbell,  until
he  was  compelled  from  a  severe  grape  shot  wound  to  make  over  the
command  to  Captain  E.  B.  Johnson*


*  A  minUtuTe  embrasure  erected  in  the  north-west  porner  of  t1)e  conrtyard  of  the  new
poUee  barracks  marks  the  spot  where  the  right  section  of  the  battery  under  the  immediate
eoamand  of  Major  Brind  was  situated.  Another  miniature  embrasure  behind  the  .bungalow
on  the  opposite  side  of  the  road  marks  the  site  of  the  left  section.  On  the  10th  this  section
caught  fire,  but  Lieutenant  Lockhart  and  six  or  seven  Gurkhas  gallantly  mounting  under  n
heavy  fire  the  top  of  the  parapet,  succeeded  by  pouring  sand  on  the  blaiing  battery  in
extinguishing  the  flames.    The  section  howcTer  was  destroyed.
t"  They  were  driven  out  ot  it  on  the  23rd  of  July  and  12th  of  August,  when  the  four  guns
Were  teken,  but  it  was  no  advantage  for  us  to  bold  it  until  we  were  prepared  to  adopt  the
offensive  in  eaniest.^''The  Siege  of  Delhi,  by  H.  H.  Greathed,  page  230.
$Two  miniature  embrasures  mark  the  spot  Lord  Roberts  secved  in  this  battery  during
the  bombardment.
