ABSTRACT
The time had come when steps could be taken for the relief of the beleagured camp at Gyantse and for the further prosecution of the Mission. Storming parties crept up before daybreak, under cover of the darkness, to the fortified houses of the town, fringing the base of the cliff on which the fort stood, to gain an entry by blowing up the walls. The relieving force encamped about a mile from post so as to be about 2 miles from the jong and beyond reach of jingals. The caretaker of the monastery led to the private apartments of the Sengchen which have remained unoccupied since that abbot was killed nearly twenty years ago. The General sat on one side of Colonel Younghusband, and the ruling Minister of Bhotan, the Tongsa Penlop on the other. The Phala manor is a fine four-storeyed house, with a courtyard enclosed by stables and granaries.
