A handbook for travellers in India, Burma, and Ceylon . . rence was mortally wounded bya shell fired from the howitzer capturedfrom us at Chinhat, and died two daysafterwards. Major Banks succeededhim in chiefcivilauthority, and ColonelInglis in command of the troops. The defences of the Residency,w^hich stood some 30 ft. above thelevel of the ground round it, will beunderstood from the accompanyingplan and the following brief the comer, running outabove the depression in which thechurch and graveyard were situated,was Innes Garrison. In the centreof the N. face was the Redan,a
A handbook for travellers in India, Burma, and Ceylon . . rence was mortally wounded bya shell fired from the howitzer capturedfrom us at Chinhat, and died two daysafterwards. Major Banks succeededhim in chiefcivilauthority, and ColonelInglis in command of the troops. The defences of the Residency,w^hich stood some 30 ft. above thelevel of the ground round it, will beunderstood from the accompanyingplan and the following brief the comer, running outabove the depression in which thechurch and graveyard were situated,was Innes Garrison. In the centreof the N. face was the Redan,armed with two iS-pounders and a9-pounder, which commanded thewhole river side and the oppositebank; on its W. side was EvansBattery with one 18-pounder and two9-pounders. Just E. of the Redanwas the Water Gate, beyond whicha defence of fascines and sandbagsran to the Hospital, formerly theBanqueting Hall; the Water Gatehad a battery of three guns withAlexanders Battery on its right, andthe Hospital one of three Residency lay in the centre of. on. JohiL MoEcacy o
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