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Bosh these operations would be impracticable. if we had requisite guns on green beland to oppose to the
every's ships
or boats.
But duse and all other points
of any importance in connexion
in.com
macr
with the Harbour works appear to have been
the consideration of the was office, and the Committee refrain sherefore from further. comment, excepting to deprecate casey weakening of the batteries in consideration of the protection to be afforded by the wine fields
in the present state of the science &. Submarine Mining defence, it is hardly pandent to решен
too much reliance.
which
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The batteries, it is submitted, should be sufficent in themselves for the protection of the harbour
a
case had loene recommendations
been adopted.
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The
extra capense involved
as nothing compared with the
interests
abstake
ovmoney spent.
elsewhere by ourselves and foreign nations on the defences of places.
of inferior importance to Hongkong.
The lines defence
will be
et Kowloon
very much is proposed by Colonel Crosaman's Committee in
1881.
Kowloon is easily defended with a suffient Garrison, and
eare is being taken to prevent enervachment which will unduly interfere with the fine from the works when authorized and completed. shored the whole of the Naval.
establishments be removed to Kowloon, as has been frequendy
popred