Sentence:  Immediately after this, Sir Hugh Rose received an express, reporting that a large body of rebels, reinforced by such of the garrison as had escaped from Rathghur, had concentrated at Barodia, a strong village on the left bank of the river Beena, with a  "<WSD>gurry</WSD>," or small fort, surrounded by dense jungle, situated about twenty-two miles from Rathghur. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A small fort.