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would be simply courting death and disaster; moreover, the Artillery 
Hill, beyond the fact of the artillery being located thereon, did not 
possess one single advantage to recommend it; therefore, after making 
my report I inquired of: the Brigadier whether I might be permitted 
to ask a question. The request was granted, and thereupon I inquired 
if it was the Brigadier’s intention to abandon the fort wherein was the 
magazine (Arsenal) containing both siege and field guns, some thou¬ 
sands of stands of arms, and large quantities of ammunition and other 
war materiel. Brigadier Sage replied —“ It is impossible to hold two 
places,” that is, the Artillery Hill, as decided by the Council of War, 
and the fort. I observed that was quite true; but of the two places, 
the advantages lay entirely with the fort (see Plan A.), for therein 
were stored all our war materiel , which, if the mutineers got possession 
of, would be used against us, that we should never run short of water, 
as the lake washed one side of the fort, and the fort itself commanded 
the whole town (see Plans B. and A.), therefore we should command 
SAUGOR FORT AND MAGAZINE (From Memory). 
Plan B. 
A Timber Yard. 
B Guard-Room. 
C Magazine Office during Mutiny. 
D D Store-Rooms (Armoury, &c.) 
E Entrance Gate. 
F Outer Gate and Enclosure erected during Mutiny. 
G G Gun-Slieds. 
L Laboratory. 
O Original Magazine Office, converted into quarters for Brigadier, A.-A.-G., Deputy- 
Commissioner, Commissary of Ordnance, Commissariat Officer, Officer Commanding 
Bengal Artillery, Officer Commanding 42nd Native Infantry. 
P P Powder Magazines. 
S Sbot and Shell Yard. 
T Treasury during Mutiny. 
W Magazine Workshops. 
Z Water Wicket. 
any amount of provisions, and last, not least, we should possess the 
advantages of a fortified position surrounded by stone walls, and al¬ 
though it was a na/tive structure, except the bastion at the east end, it 
was better than no fortification at all; whereas the Artillery Hill did 
