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The Pontiac Manuscript
There were, however, in the fort three pieces of cannon, two six-pounders, and one three-pounder, and three mortars for royal grenades, which had been placed on the top of the gate as useless furniture. The three-pounder was mounted on the battery in the rear of the fort, facing the woods, and was almost entirely masked by the buildings in the rear of the fort. The two other cannons were on the drill ground as useless, there not being a proper place to put them for service. Only the two barks could shoot and those only defended the river front, where the Indians took good care to approach, keeping themselves always in the rear of the fort, in the cover of the buildings, and behind a hill which commanded the fort, and at the foot of which the fort was built, so that the place was defended more by the courage and intrepidity of the besieged, which was not overcome by the besiegers, who only kept up the force of their fire until 10 o'clock at the most, being content to fire at great intervals, because they did not have much ammunition, having hoped to discover some when they commenced their first attack.
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