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the text of practise.
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the receipt of the Colonial Defence Committee's remarks of the 2 April, 1894, which accepted generally the principles of my scheme put forward 28th January, 1896. The time has not been wasted
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the garrison service that date have been practised in attacking and defending the various sections
The ruling principle of the Defence is that the Forts and Batteries guarding the entrances to the harbour can hold their own, reinforced if necessary from the Reserves. As regards force landed at the South shore while gaining as much information as possible of an enemy's movements by outposts and scouts, to hold the bulk of the available force in a central position ready to move to the threatened point when the real landing place is apparent.
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finality but it has so far stood the test
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To carry out this principle there is