The story of the siege and the assault is an epic which will remain a monument of the heroism of our troops, British and native, to all time. Those who stand on that famous ridge and gaze at the stupendous walls before them, must wonder, as I have wondered, at the audacity which conceived and the gallantry which achieved such a feat of arms. As I have said, by September 20 the city, with its arsenal, was in our hands, and on the following day a small brigade of all arms was at once despatched to open up communications with the North-West Provinces, and to aid in the tranquillization of the country. Our losses during the siege were grievously heavy. Out of a total strength of 640, the 60th Rifles lost 389 of all ranks; the 2nd Gurkhas lost 310 out of 540; the Guides 303 out of 550. Coke's Rifles had all its officers killed or wounded, and more than half the men. The 52nd had arrived from Sialkot just a month prior to the assault. It marched into camp 640 strong; on the morning of September 14 it paraded 240 rank and file, having lost 74 men from cholera and sunstroke in one short month! The table on p. 315 tells its own tale. LUCKNOW. The following regiments are authorized to bear this battle honour on their colours and appointments: Queen's Bays. 7th Hussars. 9th Lancers. Northumberland Fusiliers. King's Liverpools. Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Lincolns. Lancashire Fusiliers. Border. Scottish Rifles. Cornwall Light Infantry. South Staffords. South Lancashire. Black Watch. Royal West Kent. Shropshire Light Infantry. North Staffords. York and Lancaster. Seaforth Highlanders. Gordon Highlanders. Cameron Highlanders. Sutherland Highlanders. Royal Munster Fusiliers. Royal Dublin Fusiliers. Rifle Brigade. 9th Hodson's Horse. 10th Hodson's Horse. 11th Probyn's Lancers. 21st Daly's Horse. 22nd Sam Browne's Horse. 25th Cavalry. 1st P.W.O. Sappers and Miners. 2nd Q.O. Sappers and Miners. 14th Sikhs. 16th Lucknow. 32nd Pioneers. 56th Punjabi Rifles. 57th Wilde's Rifles.