All quiet. Baird Smith extremely busy. The sick list is nearly 2,500. The obstinacy of the General. He is angry because Baird Smith insist in the necessity of arriving all the batteries in one night, and he considers this impossible.
Baird Smith's anger with the General after receiving one of his impertinent letters' written because the General had been urged to do some of 'Baird Smith's impossibilities'. He regrets that the secret story of the capture of Delhi and the Generals obstructiveness can never be told. His wound is...
General Wilson 'quite insane' and will only communicate with Baird Smith through the Staff. Baird Smith's is somewhat in the position of commanding the army, and the General resents this. The batteries are to open fire 'tomorrow morning' at daylight. Baird Smith believes the assault will be give...
All goes well, though slowly, as the Artillery men are slow in getting guns and powder, 36 big guns have been firing all day, and are having an effect on the wall. Number III battery is to open the following day 160 yds. from the walls. Dated as: nd [? Sep 1857]
Condition of Baird Smith's wounds. All went well in the attack, though losses were heavy after the entry into the city. The enemy is still giving some trouble within the city.
On 20 Sep the enemy was driven out of every strong hold in the city. The General has gone to take possession of the King's palace, and Baird Smith is going to establish Engineer Headquarters in the palace of Nawab of Juggur. He will leave camp as soon as the Meerut road is open. Dated as: 21 Sep