[in the Arena]

They also discovered that heavy rains during the siege turned the fort into a polluted quagmire leading to an outbreak of typhus which killed large number of men.

Dr Pollard said the story of the fort provides a testament to the skill of the Royal Engineers and particularly of Captain Warren Wynne.

These two statement seem to contradict each other...

[Tallguy]

I too was struck by that seeming contradiction. I guess when you are throwing up a hasty fortification you can't spend too much time thinking about such things as drainage.