...detached from cantonments, in an old fort, which, in an outbreak, wonld be almost indefensible. Captain Skinner, the chief Commissariat officer, at the time...pressed this point very urgently, but without avail. Next with regard to the loss of the Commissariat : Ensign Warren, of the Fifth Native Infantry, at...

...at the time when this arrangement was made, earnestly solicited from the authorities a place triiAin the cantonment for his stores, but received for answer...pressed this point very urgently, but without avail We were so hemmed in on all sides, that, when the rebellion became general, the troops could not move...

...that a place inside the ramparts might be substituted. His representations were useless. He was told that " no such place could be given him, as they were...barracks for the men to think of commissariat stores." Too busy, forsooth, to think of that on which, before everything, the very existence of the army depended...

...detached from cantonments, in an old fort which, in an outbreak, would be almost indefensible. Captain Skinner, the chief commissariat officer, at the time...only the high road between, was the small fort of Muhammad Sharif, which perfectly commanded our south-west bastion. Attached to this fort was the Shah...

...detached from cantonmeuts, in an old fort which, in an outbreak, would be almost indefensible. Captain Skinner, the chief commissariat officer, at the time...only the high road between, was the small fort of Muhammad Sharif, which perfectly commanded our south-west bastion. Attached to this fort was the Sh£h...

...at the time when this arrangement was made, earnestly solicited from the authorities a place mthin the cantonment for his stores, but received for answer...pressed this point very urgently, but without avail We were so hemmed in on all sides, that, when the rebellion became general, the troops could not move...