It had bastions and flanking towers and, as had been learned from prisoners taken at Deeg, it had a moat much wider and deeper than that which ran round the town walls.

It was built within these, one side of the square looking across the country, while the other three were inside.

Although the houses were for the most part scattered, the town had a picturesque appearance, from the number of trees growing within it.
Towards the northeast the fort of Deeg could be clearly seen and, to the southwest, the mosques and fort of Agra were faintly visible in the clear air.

At a distance of a mile and a half from the city was the British camp, with its white tents; and an irregular black mass marked the low shelters of the camp followers and the enormous concourse of draught animals.
It certainly seemed a hazardous enterprise for so small a number of troops to attack such a large and populous town, strongly fortified, and held by a brave people.

Harry remarked on this to Abdool, but the latter said, confidently: "They cannot stand against the English, sahib.