Image: Lucknow Intrenched Position of the British garrison map 1911

Description: Identifier: handbooktravelle00john Title: A handbook for travellers in India, Burma, and Ceylon . Year: 1911 (1910s) Authors: John Murray (Firm) Subjects: India -- Guidebooks Burma -- Guidebooks Sri Lanka -- Guidebooks Publisher: London : J. Murray Calcutta : Thacker, Spink, & Co. Contributing Library: University of California Libraries Digitizing Sponsor: MSN View Book Page: Book Viewer About This Book: Catalog Entry View All Images: All Images From Book Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book. Text Appearing Before Image: on. JohiL MoEcacy o Text Appearing After Image: LUCKNOW Intrenched Position of tkeBRITISH GARRISON Scale of Feet LoDdottJoKn Mtifta^. All}i>iu«irlr< So^fll ^-^ c ROUTE 21. SIEGE OF RESIDENCY 287 the position S. of the Redan andW. of the Banqueting Hall. Withits lofty rooms, fine verandahs, andlarge porticoes, its range of subter-raneous apartments, its ground floorand two upper storeys, it affordedaccommodation to nearly 1000 persons—men, women, and children. TheBaillie Guard situated on the lowerground below the hospital, was partlyused as a store-room, partly as thetreasury and office, and partly asbarracks for the Sepoys, who gar-risoned it under Lieutenant Aitken.In the southern angle of the guardwas a concave shaped guard-house,removed after 1857. On the S.side of the road leading up throughthe Baillie Gate to the centre of theResidency was the house of DrFayrer, with a garrison commandedby Captain Weston and Dr Fayrer.The Post Office was a very importantposition, commanding the jail andmosque to the right, and the Cl Note About Images Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.
Title: Lucknow Intrenched Position of the British garrison map 1911
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