...having the Commissariat stores detached from cantonments, in an old fort, which, in an outbreak, wonld be almost indefensible. Captain Skinner, the chief...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...

...the Commissariat stores detached from cantonments, in an old fort, which, in an outbreak, would bo almost indefensible. Captain Skinner, the chief Commissariat...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...

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

...detached from cantonments, in an old fort which, in an outbreak, would be almost indefensible. Capt. Skinner, the chief commissariat officer, at the time...barracks for the men to think of commissariat stores." TheEnvoy himself pressed this point very urgently, but without avail. At the south-west angle of cantonments...

...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...

...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...