Very bright and pretty, in the early springtime of the year 1857, were the British cantonments of Sandynugghur.

Forty miles southeast of Sappri was the British cantonment of Murdan, where the corps of Guides is permanently quartered.

General rejoicings in honour of the occasion took place all over India, in Native States as well as British cantonments.

He knew where there were houses and barns to avoid, and where there were most like to be British cantonments.

The British cantonment was situated on a rising ground about two miles from the city, which was known as the "Ridge."