The Dynasties of the Kanarese Districts of the Bombay Presidency from the Earliest Historical Times to the Musalman Conquest c7.s9.135

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Although there was artillery with it, a second detachment went by the same route in the following November. The entrance to the river at Jaygad was at this time defended by forts on each side. A wall of communication ran up the side of the hill on the south shore from a battery of eleven embrasures on a level with the water, which like the other fortifications was in very bad repair.⁵ The factory at Fort Victoria was found useful during this war as the Resident purchased and received from Poona between eleven and twelve thousand bullocks,⁶ and sent them down the coast for the use of the army.⁷ At this time Thána is described as a straggling town with several Portuguese churches and a number of Christian inhabitants. It was garrisoned by a battalion of sepoys and a company of European artillery. The fort is described as small, well built and, although not a complete, yet a strong fortification and always kept in the highest order.¹