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528 directions, however, partly by scaling, partly through breaches, and by the close of the day fort as well as town had been captured, leaving only a remnant of the insurgents in possession of the church-towers till the following morning. Nearly 300 insurgents

perished, and 400 were taken prisoners, out of about 2,000, the besieging force reaching nearly the same total. A larger proportion would have escaped, but