All had prepared themselves for the enterprise by half intoxicating themselves with bhang, and thus made but a poor fight, when they found their object thwarted by the officers who threw themselves between them and their intended victim.
Bangalore was a fine town, situated on a plain so elevated that the climate was temperate, the soil fertile, and vegetation abundant.

The town was of considerable extent, that portion lying within the fortifications being a mile and a quarter long, by half a mile broad.
It was surrounded by a strong rampart, a thick hedge, and a deep, dry ditch.

The wall, however, did not extend across the side facing the fort, whose guns were supposed to render it ample protection.
The fort was oval in shape, and about nine hundred yards across, at its greatest diameter.

It was defended by a broad rampart, strengthened by thirty semicircular bastions and five outworks.

The two gates, one at each end, were also protected by outworks.