The Storming of the Town--A Description of the Assault--Capture of the Malakoff and Redan--Am left on the Field Wounded--Our Loss, the French Loss, and the Enemy's Loss--The Spoil--The Aspect of the Interior of the Town after the Siege--Napoleon's Opinion as to the Source of England's Strength--Letter of 14th September, 1855 155-175 CHAPTER VI. Numerical List of Killed And Wounded in the various Regiments forming the Crimean Army--Loss of the Light and Second Divisions--Loss by Neglect, Hardships, and Starvation--List of the Regiments that formed the various Divisions of the Army--After the Siege--Lines on Miss Florence Nightingale--A Peep Behind the Scenes--A Dreadful Explosion in the Camp and its Consequences--Lieut. Hope and the Fusiliers again leading almost to certain death--My Letter of 26th December, 1855, to my Parents.--Concluding Remarks, and Return Home to be nearly Killed with Kindness.--Irish Anecdotes--Records of the Royal Fusiliers--A Sketch of the "Holy Boys"--The Connaught Rangers not to be despised--Letter Home, 27th October, 1854--Lines on the Campaign 176-250 CHAPTER VII. India, its Extent and Resources--Its Population--Its Invasion by Alexander--The beginning of the English Empire in India--The East India Company and its Officers--How the Empire was Extended--The Afghan Campaign of 1839-40-41--The Sikh War--Battle of Ferozeshah--The Norfolk Regiment amongst those who Safeguarded England's honour--Battle of Aliwal--The "Holy Boys" again Leading the way--The Burmese War--Our Sepoy Army and how it was treated--The Mutiny Predicted--The Commencement of the Mutiny in 1857--Comparative Numbers of Native and British Troops--Mungul Pandy, the First Mutineer--Fatal Indecision of our Commanders--The Revolting Scenes at Delhi--List of the People Killed by the Rebels--The Force that first encountered the Mutineers--Rapid Spread of the Mutiny--Nana Sahib's Proclamation--The Butchery of Women and Children--Delhi Captured and the Mutineers put to the sword, by a Norfolk Man, Sir Archdale Wilson--The Delhi Field Force and its killed and wounded--Vengeance exacted--Disarming Mutinous Regiments--Description of the Scene--Blowing Rebels from the Guns--The 10th (Lincolnshire) Regiment at Benares 251-300 CHAPTER VIII.