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290 ordnance and stores were dragged by hand over mountains and through ravines for nearly the whole distance which had to be passed; and this by roads which it was previously necessary for the troops to construct for themselves.

At midnight on the 12th, Colonel Stevenson erected two batteries in front of the north face of the fort: one consisting of two iron eighteen-pounders, and three iron twelve-pounders, to breach the outer fort and third wall;