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hooks, Sand-baga.

Time required.

Table E (i)--DETAIL of Field Works to be constructed-continued.

Detail of Working Parties. R.E. supervision,

Tools required.

N.C.Os. Oficers. and

Men,

N.C.08.

Coolies, Officers.

and Pickaxes Shovels. Men,

Crow- bars.

Bill-

Axes.

Remarks.

CHAPTER III (E)

For general superintendence, No. III Section. 2,500 yards by contract.

Contractor's tools.

2 days

1 day

I

"

2 days

Fence will be built this year.

54

3 days

1 day

800† road by contract for mule traffic.

1

No. III (EASTERN) SECTION-contd.

Road from Pottinger Gap to Mount Collinson

and Cape Collinson

50*

51

Trenches on Mount Parker, with overhead cover Clearing slopes of Mount Parker

52

Scarping hillside round infantry position, Mount

: 288

50

20

200

1001

:::

Parker

53

Improving existing trenches and howitzer posi-

tions, Boa Vista

54

Entanglements in front of 15-pr. position, south-

east of Tytam Gap

55

Infantry post and entanglements on Mount

Collinson

}

56

Infantry trenches at Tytam Tak, covering tele-

1

2 9 8 15

:

12

6

3:2

: 8:2

30

25

1

15

20

25

phone post with entanglements and ditto at intervals on Tytam Tuk Road

57

Infantry trench clearing and entanglement on

Pottinger Peak

4

5

3

2

58*

D'Aguilar Wireless Station.

Entanglements

20

5

5

2

2

: 42*

2,000

6 days

..

5

"

5

"

2

35

1 day

10

10

2

200

1

12

12

2

3

2 days

2 days

1,000

1 day

1 week

round fire trench to command landing, and placing installation in a state of defence

59

Maxim emplacement and fire trench, Saiwan

5

5

50

1

13

Bay, and entanglement

60*

Entanglement of existing double fence, Saiwan

10

:

Battery and P.F. cell

61

Fire trenches commanding Lycmun Bay

5

62

High wire entanglement round No. 1 light

5

63

High wire entanglement round Pak-sha-wan

40

:::

:::

Battery and engine house

64

Ditto round Reverse Battery

65

High wire entanglement round Brennan directing

::

33

20

20

::

1 day

1

"

:::

:

10

10

::

::

:::

:::::

:::

66

67

Repairing trenches at

station, 6-pr. battery, down cust side of path

to Brennan torpedo installation

Approach road from Cheong Lai Bay to Haiwan

Gap (widening existing path)

Haiwan and erecting

1

50

entanglements at Haiwan and gap between

Haiwan and Black Hill

68*

Entanglements in existing fence round Gough

20

Battery and P.F. cell

69

Ditto, ditto, F.C. Post

2

70*

Ditto, ditto, Pottinger Battery and P.F. coll

20

71

Barbed wire fence across land north of eable hut,

5

Devil's Peak

[161]

:::

:::

:::::

:::

:

:::

:::::

500

:::::

:::

:::

2+1

25+

::

:::::

:::

:

::

:

::

1

I

40

40

10

4

200

::

72*1

73

**

74

75

Wire required for above (55-76) Entanglements on Mount Parker Fencing shore of Saiwan Bay

Fencing Mount Collinson and Pottinger Peak .. Fencing across spur south-east Mount Collinson

Total wire barbed

23

pickets wire plain

No. IV (NORTHERN) SECTION

Sub-Section (a) Black Hill to Kowloon Peak.

Road over Customs Pass

Emplacements-

(a.) Chiu Lan Chun

(b.) Customs Pass Shelter trenches-

(a.) Chin Lan Chun Hill..

(8.) Bay View ..

(c) Razor Hill..

(d) Hebe Knoll

(e) Lower Hebe Hill

Hebe Hill..

(g.) Customs Hill (2)

(4) Customs Pass (2)

(North-east Kowloon Peak (2)..

Patrol Path, Kowloon Peak, to Middle Hill Wire entanglements, 600 yards run

Sub-Section (4), Middle Hill to Lion Rock.

Roads-

(b.) Kowloon City to Shatin Pass..

(c.) Shatin Pass to Crown Point

76

#3

#*

77

Emplacements-

*5

(a.) Tate's Cairn

#7

(b) Crown Point

78

Q

::

Shelter trenches--

(a.) Middle Hill

(b) Sleepers' Knoll

(c.) 1804 Hill..

(d) Tate's Pass

(e.) Tate's Cairn (f) Tate's Ridge (2) (g.) Grasscutters' Pass (2) Temple Hill (1.) Farm Knoli

Shatin Pass (2) (k) Crown Point (1) Lion Rock (3)

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I

:::::

Barbed

wire.

Yards.

61,600

104,000

31,500

40,500

22,500

260,100

::::::::

:::::

:::

:::

9,000 9,600

See note to Section I.

3 days

--

2 hours..

For general superintendence in No. IV

Section.

Loan officer becomes available after handing

over.

To complets on mobilization.

2-15-prs.; 2--2.95.

1-5-in. howitzer.

20

25

8 180

20

25

2 1200

4

4

400

8

2

200

2

GO

30

30

20

:: ::

200

200

::

400 yards+

160 21

Total, 2,860 yards.

330†, 220 yardst

250†, 220 1507, 140

+

#

+

55

810 yardst contract labour (now in hand). To be constructed by infantry parties ou com-

pletion of shelter trenches.

260

250

+

200

20

20

10

1,000

2 days

220

33

260

+

:

::

::::

::

30

30

OF

15

15

2

30

30

20

20

44

:

200

200

::

::

2 days

2 weeks..

1 week

2 hours..

To be completed by contract labour on 1 mobilization.

1-47; 2--2-95,

2-15-prs.

10

400

10

200

2

Total, 2,930 yards.

130, 120 yardst

310 yardst

110 +

25

110, 90, 100 yardst

90+, 70 yardst

360 yards+

170, 240, 90 yardst J

180 yardst

190

+

>

180

T+

210 180

+

22

20

40

1,500

2 days

20

23

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