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pounder in one of the embrazures disabled. When the enemy 

 ceased firing, the repair of these damages employed the whole 

 garrison. The exertions of officers and men, under concealment of 

 the night, were such, that notwithstanding a hot cannonade, they 

 had before morning not only rendered the ruined defences respect- 

 able, but added strength to the retrenchments. 



The enemy recommenced their fire early the next morning, 

 chiefly against the newly-repaired breach. It was more briskly 

 returned, accompanied by several shells. We lost a serjeant of 

 artillery, killed, and some sepoys wounded. They continued their 

 tire again the whole afternoon, and damaged two of our twelve- 

 pounders. In the act of laying one of them captain Torriano was 

 wounded. 



A disease generally called " Mort-de-chien" at this time raged 

 with great violence among the native inhabitants; and carried off 

 such numbers, that the commanding officer humanely ordered all 

 who were attacked with it to be placed under the care of the hos- 

 pital surgeons. The weather continuing extremely boisterous, 

 accompanied by almost incessant rain, he gave all the Europeans 

 in garrison a portion of English broad-cloth sufficient for a suit 

 of clothes. The same evening an old woman was detected in the 

 character of a spy: on examination she confessed her mission ; 

 said she had been already two days in the fort, and was to have 

 paid a longer visit, to fulfil certain instructions, and make in- 

 quiries, by order of Lutoph Ally; particularly whether the com- 

 manding officer had survived the wound it was reported he had 

 received in the breach two days before. The old woman was in- 

 troduced at head quarters, and was moreover desired to request 



