FORT MARLBOROUGH: GRANDIOSE GARRISON OF BRITISH EAST INDIA COMPANY Part XI

by : mr. Mahandis Yoanata

Gallery Photo
THE ARCHITECTURE OF FORT MARLBOROUGH

1. Twilight on Marlborough

2. Rampart

3. Between Two Bastions

4. Moat and Rampart

5. Two Scarps

6. Scarp of Bastion

7. Bastion

8. Sally Port - Outside

9. On Moat

10. Caponiere

11. Masonry Arch

12. Hook

13. Flank

14 . Caponiere seen from Tenaile

15. Gorge: Stairway to Bastion

16. Embrasure

17. Canon on Nort-West Bastion

18. Using for artillery supplies from Casemate. Embrasure of Artillery Casemate

19. Terreplein

The top platform or horizontal surface of a rampart where guns are mounted.

20. West Caponiere

21. Entrance Gate

22. Entrance Gate Stones from India

23. Entrance Gate on Tenaile
Tenaile is a defense consiting of two rampart with open corner. Tenaile is sited in front of the curtains and designed for covering the curtains.

24. Hinge of Gate

25. A Unit Lock

26. Observing the Heraldry of Tudor Descent

27. Flower in 5 Petals: Descent of Tudor

28. Center of Turret

29. Track of Turret

30. Ring for Canon

31. On the Cordon

A projecting course of stone below the parapet of a rampart.

32. Ventilation

33. Ventilation on Flank

34. Terracota

35. Parapet

36. Report from the Curtain

Curtain is an enclosing wall connecting two bastions or towers.

37. Battlement with Cordon

38. Military Barrack

39. Canon

40. Guardian Chamber

41. Office of East Indian Company

42. Ventilation with Iron Bar

43. Pillar on EIC Office

44. Tile of Military Barrack

45. Sally Port

A Gateway in a fortification permitting a large number of troops to move rapidly from the besieged position and attack the besiegers.

46. Military Barrack

47. Under the Caponiere

Caponiere give the access to the Demilune.

48. Well on Glacis

Glacis is slope extending downward in front of fortification.

49. Escarp

The inner slope or wall of the ditch surrounding a rampart.

50. Sun Clock

51. Barrack Building

52. Gravestone of Thomas Parr and his Assistant

53. POW's Scratch: Compass and Message

54. POW's Message 1945

“Die dit kompas aanziet
berisp den knoeijer niet
bedenk dat leegen tijd
tot knoeijerij mij leidt
en dat voor tijdverdrijf
ik dit hier nederschrijf”

Translation:
To who observed the compass; do not be angry to the maker of these scratches.
Remember, the misery and the time that made me to scratch and to write here.


Barang siapa yang mengamati kompas ini
Janganlah memarahi yang membuat coretan ini.
Ingatlah bahwa kesengsaraan dan waktulah
yang membuat saya mencoret-coret dan menulis di sini

Content:

• Part I : On Mission at link
• Part II : The Architecture of Fort Marlborough at link
• Part III : Who is first Duke of Marlborough at link
  
• Part IV : The history East India Company (EIC) and first fleet into Bencoolen at link
• Part V : The soldier of British East India Company at link
  
• Part VI : The first garrison : Remnants of Fort York at link
• Part VII : The second garrison : Chronicles of Fort Marlborough at link
• Part VIII : The Bencoolen Administrator 1685 – 1825 at link
  
• Part IX : Anglo - Dutch treaty and the terminated colony at link
• Part X : References at link
  
• Part XI : Gallery Photo Fort Marlborough at link

Credit :
MY ODYSSEY (Personal site mr. Mahandis Yoanata)
to allow publish at http://rejang-lebong.blogspot.com (Rejang Land Blog)