sentences:  The event was defused without incident, but served to highlight how tense the colonies were about defence at the time.Eventually permission was granted for the men to enter New South Wales, and they performed marches and manoeuvres in front of a large reception.By 1896, Victoria boasted the largest artillery arsenal of all the Australian colonies, possessing nineteen 12-pounder BL guns, six 12-pounder rifled breech loaders (RBLs) and another six 6-pounders of the same type.