rest of the troops, turning off from the direct road and following the
line the boys had traversed when they made their way into the Residency,
marched for the Dil Koosha, a hunting-palace of the late king of Oude.

The enemy, who had anticipated an advance by the direct line taken by
Havelock, and who had made immense preparations for defense in that
quarter, were taken aback by the movement to the right, and no opposition
was experienced until the column approached the beautiful park, upon an
elevated spot in which the Dil Koosha stood.

Then a brisk musketry fire was opened upon them. The head of the column
was extended in skirmishing order, reinforcements were sent up, and,
firing heavily as they advanced, the British drove the enemy before them,
and two hours after the first shot was fired were in possession of the
palace. The enemy fled down the slope toward the city; but the troops
pressed forward, and, with but slight loss, carried the strong position of
the Martiniere College, and drove the enemy across the canal. By this time
the enemy's troops from the other side of the city were flocking up, and
prepared to recross the canal and give battle; but some of the heavy guns
were brought up to the side of the canal, and the rebels made no further
attempt to take the offensive.

The result of the day's fighting more than answered the commander-in-
chief's expectations, for not only had a commanding position, from which
the whole eastern suburb could be cannonaded, been obtained, but a large
convoy of provisions and stores had been safely brought up, and a new base
of operations obtained.

The next day, the 15th of November, is celebrated in the annals of British
military history as that upon which some of the fiercest and bloodiest