in the Begum Khotee. It is difficult to form an idea of the storm of shot
and shell which swept the space inclosed within the lines of defense, but
some notion may be obtained from the fact that an officer had the
curiosity to count the number of cannon balls of various sizes that fell
on the roof of the brigade messhouse in one day, and found that they
amounted to the almost incredible number of two hundred and eighty. Living
such a life as this, the Warreners were rejoiced when they received
orders, with ten of the other defenders of the ruins of Gubbins' house, to
join in the sortie on the 20th of August. About a hundred of the garrison
formed up in the Sikh Square, and at the word being given dashed over the
stockade and intrenchment, and made a charge for Johannes' house. This had
throughout the siege been the post from which the enemy had most annoyed
them, the king of Oude's negro in particular having killed a great many of
our officers and men. It was from this point that the mines being driven,
and it was determined at all hazards to destroy it.

The rush of the British took the enemy by surprise. Scarce a shot was
fired until they had traversed half the distance, and then a heavy fire of
musketry opened from all the houses held by the enemy. Still the English
pushed on at full speed, without pausing to return a shot. With a cheer
they burst into the inclosure in which the house stood, and while half the
party entered it and engaged in a furious combat with those within, the
others, in accordance with orders, pressed forward into the houses beyond,
so as to keep the enemy from advancing to the assistance of their friends,
thus caught in a trap. The Warreners belonged to the party who advanced,
and were soon engaged in a hand-to-hand fight with the enemy. Scattering
through the houses, they drove the Sepoys before them. The Warreners were
fighting side by side with Mr. Johnson, and with him, after driving the
enemy through the next house, they entered an outhouse beyond it.