The work fell chiefly on the Cavalry and Horse Artillery.  Major Ouvry, who commanded them, must have been a proud man that day, for they behaved splendidly.  Two of Blunt’s guns also, under an old Addiscombe friend of mine named Cracklow, did excellent service.  The 9th Lancers, under Drysdale, performed wonders; and the three squadrons of Punjab Cavalry, under their gallant young leaders, Probyn, Watson, and Younghusband, and the squadron of Hodson’s Horse, under Hugh Gough, showed of what good stuff they were made.  Our casualties were 6 men killed, 6 officers and 35 men wounded.  The enemy’s loss was 300.  A large quantity of ammunition and baggage fell into our hands, including many articles plundered from European men and women.

After the fight was over, the column passed through the town, and our camp was pitched about a mile beyond, on the banks of the Kali Naddi.  The same afternoon Malagarh was reconnoitred, but was found to be deserted, a satisfactory result of the morning’s action, for the fort, if defended, would have given us some trouble to take.  Walidad Khan evidently hoped to become a power in the district, for he had begun to make gun-carriages, and we found roughly-cast guns on the lathes ready for boring out.  It was decided that Malagarh Fort, which was full of articles of every description taken from the English residents, should be destroyed.  Its demolition, however, took some time to effect, and as we could not move till transport came from Meerut to convey our wounded officers and men back to that place, the column halted at Bulandshahr for four days.

On the afternoon of the 1st October the fort was blown up, and most unfortunately, while superintending the operation, Lieutenant Home was killed.[5] The mine had been laid and the slow-match lighted, but the explosion not following as quickly as was expected, Home thought the match must have gone out, and went forward again to relight it.  At that moment the mine blew up.  His death was greatly felt in camp, happening as it did when all the excitement of battle was over.

We left Bulandshahr, and said good-bye to Lyall on the 3rd October, feeling that he was being placed in a position of considerable risk, thrown as he was on his own resources, with general instructions to re-establish the authority of the British Government.  He was not, however, molested, and after two or three days he was joined by a small body of troops from Meerut.  During the months that followed he and his escort had several alarms and some smart skirmishes; for Rohilkand, a large tract of country to the east of Bulandshahr, was held by the rebels until the following spring, and Lyall’s district was constantly traversed by bodies of mutinous sepoys.