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 294- THE GARRISON rUEPARED. CHAP, tion one part of the answer is this : — The Allies ' gave them time.* Evening of Oil the evening of the 16th of October, the oct.-the garrison found means of inferring that their be- garrison. . . i .i. j. expectant, siegers preparations were ripe, and that a great cannonade of their works — to be followed per- haps by assault — was ordained to begin on the morrow. Raglan, aud in spite of the counsels of Lyons and Cathcart.
 * They so gave time, as we saw, against the desire of Lord