A handbook for travellers in India, Burma, and Ceylon . . on. JohiL MoEcacy o. LUCKNOW Intrenched Position of tkeBRITISH GARRISON Scale of Feet LoDdottJoKn Mtifta^. All}i>iu«irlr< So^fll ^-^ c ROUTE 21. SIEGE OF RESIDENCY 287 the position S. of the Redan andW. of the Banqueting Hall. Withits lofty rooms, fine verandahs, andlarge porticoes, its range of subter-raneous apartments, its ground floorand two upper storeys, it affordedaccommodation to nearly 1000 persons—men, women, and children. TheBaillie Guard situated on the lowerground below the hospital, was partlyused as a store-room, pa
A handbook for travellers in India, Burma, and Ceylon . . on. JohiL MoEcacy o. LUCKNOW Intrenched Position of tkeBRITISH GARRISON Scale of Feet LoDdottJoKn Mtifta^. All}i>iu«irlr< So^fll ^-^ c ROUTE 21. SIEGE OF RESIDENCY 287 the position S. of the Redan andW. of the Banqueting Hall. Withits lofty rooms, fine verandahs, andlarge porticoes, its range of subter-raneous apartments, its ground floorand two upper storeys, it affordedaccommodation to nearly 1000 persons—men, women, and children. TheBaillie Guard situated on the lowerground below the hospital, was partlyused as a store-room, partly as thetreasury and office, and partly asbarracks for the Sepoys, who gar-risoned it under Lieutenant the southern angle of the guardwas a concave shaped guard-house,removed after 1857. On the of the road leading up throughthe Baillie Gate to the centre of theResidency was the house of DrFayrer, with a garrison commandedby Captain Weston and Dr Post Office was a very importantposition, commanding the jail andmosque to the right, and the Cl
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