Fortifications of Aden

Title:

Fortifications of Aden

Date:

1842/1842

Description:

Abstract: This part of the volume consists of copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 124 of 1842, dated 31 October 1842.The enclosures, numbered 3-11, concern proposed plans for fortifications to protect Aden against attack.Enclosure numbers 3-4 are recorded as missing in a note dated 22 October 1906. Enclosure number 3 is listed in the abstract of contents as being a copy of a letter from the Quartermaster-General of the Army dated 22 October 1842, forwarding a letter from the officer commanding at Aden, transmitting a report from the Executive Engineer at Aden, on the state and condition of the Turkish [Ottoman] Wall, and other works at Aden.Enclosure number 4 is listed as being a memorandum by the Political Secretary to the Government of Bombay, dated 22 September 1842, containing an abstract of the instructions received by the Government of Bombay from the Secret Committee and the Government of India, connected with the fortifications of Aden.Enclosure number 6 is listed in the abstract of contents as being two plans of the Peninsula or Cape of Aden, and of the old line of field works across the Isthmus of Aden and the line of permanent works proposed for construction, which are not included in this item (the plans are stated on folio 66 to be ‘[i]n a tin case’).Enclosure numbers 5 and 7-11 consist of the following:Number 5: an abstract of reports by Captain Foster of the Bombay Engineers (who was deputed by the Government of Bombay in 1839 to report on the existing defences at Aden and the defences required), and of other officers, in relation to Foster’s plans for rendering Aden secure against an attack by ‘Arabs’ by land, including alternative proposals by Lieutenant Curtis (of the Bombay Engineers)Numbers 7-8: a monthly progress report of works taking place under the supervision of the Executive Engineer at Aden up to 15 August 1842, and a statement, dated 29 September 1842, of the total amount of money expended on fortifications and works of all kinds completed or in progress at Aden. The report and statement are both from the Bombay Military Board to the Governor and President in Council of Bombay, Colonel Sir George ArthurNumber 9: a minute by the Governor of Bombay, dated 14 October 1842, summarising the proceedings of the Government of Bombay in relation to the defences of Aden, and giving his views and suggestions on the subjectNumbers 10-11: further minutes of the Government of Bombay in relation to the proposals of the Governor of Bombay.Physical description: 1 item (60 folios)

Language:

English

Type:

Archival item

Type (Narrower):

Other Texts

Type (Broader):

Text

Subject:

Fortifications
Executive Engineer

Geographic region:

Aden

Rights:

رخصة حكومة مفتوحة

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100139592713.0x00000c_ar
81055/vdc_100139592713.0x00000c_en
IOR/L/PS/5/414, ff 40-99
IOR/L/PS/5/414, ff 40-99

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