The remainder of the army was drawn up to the left of the fortress to afford general aid. The defence was most stubborn, all three commanders of the assaulting columns being badly wounded; but the men of the 14th (the "Old Bucks" of those days, now the West Yorkshire) would not be denied, and ere sunset the fortress was in our possession. The individual losses of the existing regiments were: +------------------------+-----------------------+ | |_Officers._| _Men._ | | _British Troops._ |-----+-----+-----+-----+ | | K. | W. | K. | W. | +------------------------+-----+-----+-----+-----+ |11th Hussars | - | 1 | 2 | 7 | |16th Lancers | - | 1 | 1 | 5 | |Bengal Artillery | - | 2 | 8 | 11 | |Bengal Enginrs. | 2 | 7 | 13 | 30 | |14th W. Yorks | 2 | 7 | 31 | 99 | |59th E. Lancs | 2 | 8 | 16 | 97 | |101st Munster Fusiliers | - | 3 | 10 | 42 | +------------------------+-----+-----+-----+-----+ +-------------------------------+-----------+-----------+ | |_Officers._| _Men._ | | _Native Troops._ +-----+-----+-----+-----+ | | K. | W. | K. | W. | +-------------------------------+-----+-----+-----+-----+ |2nd Q.O. Rajput Light Infantry | 1 | 3 | 11 | 20 | |3rd Brahmans | - | - | 1 | 11 | |1st Gurkhas | - | 1 | 4 | 21 | |2nd Gurkhas | - | - | 3 | 15 | |1st Skinner's Horse | - | - | 1 | 7 | +-------------------------------+-----+-----+-----+-----+ NOTE.--Of the many native infantry regiments above enumerated the 15th have become the 2nd Queen's Own Light Infantry, the 32nd the 3rd Brahmans, the 33rd is the 4th Rajputs, and the 63rd the 9th Gurkhas. The remainder, with the exception of the Gurkha regiments, were lost to us in 1857. The prize-money distributed to the troops was considerable, but the enormous sums received by the Commander-in-Chief, compared with the pittance given to the private, provoked not a little indignation. At Seringapatam in 1792 Lord Cornwallis and General Meadows handed over their share for distribution amongst the non-commissioned officers and privates--an example which was not followed either by Lord Harris at Seringapatam in 1799 or by Lord Combermere at Bhurtpore. At the request of the officers of the force, a sum of £5,000 was retained for distribution amongst the widows of their comrades who had fallen in action. DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZE-MONEY. Commander-in-Chief £59,500 General Officers £5,900 Lieutenant-Colonels £1,420 Majors £950 Captains £476 Subalterns £238 Sergeants £8 Privates £4 _Native Ranks._