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time, I made up better ammunition carts for each gun and howitzer, 
of which the accompanying sketch will give an idea. 
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J3. Round Shot. 
C. Common Case. 
D. Fuze Implements. 
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August 17th .—A letter from Austen at Simla tells me 1 am to re¬ 
join my troop, and Captain W. F. Cox relieves me. He has just been 
I posted to the 4th Company, 4th Battalion. 
September 12th .—Orders from Meerut direct me to prepare ammuni¬ 
tion, &c., for four 24-prs. and seven 8-inch mortars to be ready to 
march on the 1 st proximo. Everything has to come from the Delhi 
magazine. Not much time to do it in. 1 
September 18th .—Seaton will not allow any of the ordnance here to 
be used for the Siege Train. The rebels are entrenching themselves 
at Pasgawan, some 14 miles from this. 
1 It was manifestly impossible to get a Siege Train ready by that time had it even been tele¬ 
graphed for. Whether it ever reached Shahjahanpur (distant 18 marches from Delhi) or not I do 
not know. • 
