Description of
position.
Troops available.
Armament.
Weak points. Attack.
Means to
oppose.
Position of
Officer com-
manding.
Water supply.
Food,
Communica.
tiona.
Toola.
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Section IL-North Point.
The position consists of North Point Fort and the redoubt to be made on the hill above:-
Infantry
Royal Artillery
Gun Lascar..
Royal Engineers
Total
North Point Fort
+
The position is commanded by high ground above the redoubt.
1. By bombardment
2. By landing.
100
26
10
186
[ 2 9′′ R.M.L.
11 7" R.M.L.
1. Two 9-inch guns, assisted by fire from Kowloon Dock and Kowloon East.
2. The attack would probably be on the redoubt, and the larger portion of the infantry should be stationed there to meet it.
In battery or redoubt according to attack.
There are no tanks. Plenty of barrels should be supplied, and be kept filled by coolie labour from stream to east of battery.
Daily rations and seven days' supply of biscuit and tinned meat.
Good road exists to head-quarters and Lyemun. The nearest landing-place for launches is at Whitfield Police Station, 800 yards from fort. Telephone line exists between fort and head-quarters, and also with Lyemun. Visual signalling must be used between fort and redoubt.
The following tools to be kept in store :-
30 picks,
In Kowloon East Battery.
17
Position of Officer com- manding.
There is a good supply of water in the well in village between Kowloon Dock and water supply. Kowloon East. Barrels to be kept when wanted, and supplied by coolie labour from this.
Daily rations and seven days' supply of biscuit and preserved meat, &c., to be kept in Food.
reserve.
Launches communicate with landing-place at dock in rear of Kowloon Dock Battery. Communica Better paths are required to communicate with Kowloon East, &c. The telephone line to tions. Kowloon West passes close to Kowloon Dock Battery, and can easily be taken into the battery when instruments are available; meanwhile, all communication must be kept up by signalling or messages sent by police line, the nearest station being at Hongham.
The following tools to be kept in store:-
40 picks.
40 shovels.
2 seta miners' tools.
2 boxes carpenters' tools.
5 measuring tapes.
tracing tapes.
6
6 measuring rods.
6 mallets.
3 bill-hooks.
3 hand sawn.
3 hand axes.
2 cross-cut saws.
2 sawa set cross-cat.
4 files, saw, cross-cut.
2 field grindstones.
2 sledge hammers.
2 crowbars.
6 four-fold rules.
3 field levels.
2,000 sandbags.
2,000 yards wire, for entanglement.
Toola.
Mat-sheds to be provided in the Kowloon Dock Battery and near Kowloon East Accommoda. Battery for all the men that cannot be accommodated in the barracks in Kowloon Dock tion. Battery.
Appendix IV.
WESTERN DIVISION.
98
Accommo- dation.
Description
of position.
Troops
available.
30 shovels.
2 sets miners' tools.
3 boxes carpenters' tools.
16 measuring tapes.
tracing tapes.
10
10 measuring rods.
6 mallets.
5 bill-hooks.
5 hand saws.
6 band axes.
2 cross-cut saws.
2 sawa set cross-cut.
8 files, saw, cross-cut.
4 field grindstones.
2 sledge hammers,
2 crowbars.
B four-fold rules.
4 field levels.
(4,000 sandbags.
5,000 yards wire, for entanglement.
Mat-shed accommodation to be provided near the fort and redoubt; also splinter-proof shelter to be provided in the fort and redoubt.
Section III.-Kowloon Dock.
The position consists of Kowloon Dock Battery, and there is in course of construction Kowloon East Battery with infantry redoubt.
Volunteer Artillery
Infantry
Royal Engineers
:::
42
30
The position is divided into two.
Section I,
The advanced or Western position consists of Stone- Description of
cutter West, South Shore Battery, Electric lights. Shelter-trenches to be made under position. Stonecutter West to guard against landing at the west, and posts on the high ground to the east of Stonecutter West to guard against the position being turned.
The Eastern position consists of the Central and Eastern Batteries, and shelter-trenches
ou the ridge between them to guard against landing with the object of destroying the cable trench.
The troops allotted to this section are-
Infantry
Artillery
Gun Lascars ..
Boyal Engineers
Total
:::::
150 74
30
10
264
Troops
available.
Armament.
Total
.. 77
9.2" B.L.B. 9" R.M.L.
7" 1.M.L.
Machine
Guns,
Armament.
66-pr.
9" M.L.R.
Q.F.
M.L.R
Machine Guns.
Fifty labourers should always be kept on the island.
10" B.L.R.B.L.B.
Weak points.
Attack.
Mode of opposing.
Kowloon Dock
..
Kowloon East
*+
2
"
Kowloon East is commanded by the Cameron Ranges; the position is too much extended for the troops available. If a landing is effected, and the hills occupied behind Kowloon Dock, the fort is commanded by them.
1. Bombardment.
2. From land side.
3. By landing on the position.
1. The guns of Kowloon Dock Battery and Kowloon East (when completed), assisted
by North Point.
2. The redoubt at Kowloon East, or temporary works in line of Kowloon East, if not finished, to be occupied by the greater part of the infantry, and small parties sent out at night to occupy the low hills to the east and west of this.
3. Not likely to be attempted unless Lyemun has fallen, and in that case this position would probably be reinforced, and a landing could probably be repulsed. With troops allotted, they would probably be down at Kowloon Dock and Kowloon East and have to
hold them.
• To be removed.
† To be replaced by 9′′ R.M.L.
* Gun not received.
West Battery
South Shore Battery
Central Battery
East Battery General..
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go
*:::
::::
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3
The extended defence and the facilities for landing from boats, especially on the whole Weak points.
of the north coast of the island.
1. Bombardment
2. Attack by boats on the mine-field
3. Landing on the island.
Attack.
1. The guns of West Central, and to a less extent the muzzle-loaders in the East Means of Battery, and if the bombardment is from the west, the guns of Belcher's and Fly Paint will meeting the co-operate.
2. Attack on north mine-field; two quick-firing guns in Central Battery; machine
and infantry fire on ridge over mine-field.
Attack on southern mine-field, South Shore Battery, two quick-firing guns and infantry
fire on Stonecutter Weet, infantry and machine-gun fire on central ridge.
3. The same as the last, and breastworks and obstacles to be constructed.
• Not received.
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+ One not received.
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