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t of Adoni. Afterjoining, near the Kistna,the united force mu.stered15,000 hoi-se and 20,000foot. Forde had thus the alarming prospect of encomiteriiig, instead of one,three armies. A soldier of less nerve would have paused before committinghimself to a contest with such fearful odds. His courage and decision, on thecontrary, rose with the danger, and he determined to proceed. On the 6tli ofMarch, he came in sight of Masulipatam, and on the same day received thegratifying intelligence that Lally had been compelled to raise the siege of Madi-as.Masxilipatam consisted of a town and a fort. The town, a place of greatextent, occupied a rising ground between two morasses, and was separated fromthe sea by a narrow belt of sandliills. The fort, situated south-east of thetown, and communicating with it across one of the morasses by a broad cause-way 2000 3ards in length, formed an inegular parallelogram 800 yards longfiom north to south, and about 600 yards broad. On the west, north, and east
Text Appearing After Image: Ba.stions and Defences. a, Francois, . . 8 guns. b, Dutch, ... 5 „ c, St. Johns, .18 ,, d, Cameleon, .10 ., e, Small gate, 8 ,, f, Churchyard, 8 ,, g, Great gate. .8 ,, 5 guns. h. Ravelin,i, Pettah, ... 6 „k, Engodour, . 8 ,,1, Saline, . . 8 ,,m, St. Michael, 8 ,,n, Watergate, .4 ,,o, Battery on other sideof the water to flank English batteries, 4 guns. The Attack.p, 2 guns 12-pounders.q.-^ „ 18 „2 „ 24and 2 mortars,r, 2 guns 18-pounders, ■and 2 guns 24 poimdera. Miisidi-patam andits fort. (HAP XI.] OPEKATIONS AGAINST MASULIPATAM. 61.5 it was inclosed by the morass, and on the south by a sound partly formed by ad its■.the discharge of an arm of the Kistna. The only hard ground within a mile ofthe fort, on the north and west, was formed by a few patches of sand which roseabove the morass, but on the east the belt of sandhills was only about 800yards distant. Conflans with his troops was encamped in the town, and might easily, by ^^t ^throwing up an entrenchment on the har
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