August 27th.—A good deal of rain during the night. A heavy cannonade from the enemy, and the usual amount of musketry fire all the morning.
To-day, the supplies of the late Brigadier-General Sir Henry Lawrence, K.C.B., were sold by auction. The brandy realised from 140 to 160 rupees (16l.) per dozen; beer averaged from 60 to 70 rupees (7l.); sherry 70 rupees; hermetically sealed hams from 70 to 75 rupees (7l.10s.) each; a bottle of honey 45 rupees (4l.10s.); rifle gunpowder, 16 rupees per lb. (1l.12s.); small cakes of chocolate, from 30 to 40 rupees (3l.to 4l.); and other things in proportion. Sugar (had there been any for sale) would have commanded almost any price.
The enemy brought another gun into position opposite the racket court, and where we had no means of replying to them. A soldier of the 32nd was very seriously wounded this morning by a musket-ball, while sitting in the verandah of Dr. Fayrer's house. In the evening a 3-pounder shot killed a soldier of the 32nd and carried away the arm of another. A native officer of the 13th was wounded through the foot by a musket-ball. Our miners (working in the gallery we had run out thirty-three feet to the right of the brigade mess-house) heard the enemy distinctly mining towards us. Their sap seemed to run for the centre of the brigade mess.