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War Office

26 July 1878

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mes of the Colonial

their letter of the "prepared to

& and 25 tous to

the defence of

Table

in that it will.

& defence of Cape

10mm guns

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e of an improved

umbers and of grater

of the present

ed prefer that

- instead offive,

ther side of the bay

? and Craig's Tower-

ed in power the

I will be quite

but the mort

a range of

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these vessels

that owing to their great

cast they will never be very numerous,

rule they are incapable of

that as a

Corriping a supply of coal for very long boyages, that their number and position will be known and therefore that they will be watched by the ships of N. M? Fleet; also considering the great distance of the Cape, from any refitting station, which must operate to prevent evening's ships pour risking an action mooloing, to say the least, very,

au

pucertain results in which they would be

exposed to serious injung

I am of opinion

parts, I am

to provide heavier guns

on their unarmoured it will be unre

unrecerary

10

there those recommended_

I would observe however, that it appears

to me very

desirable that

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boat mounting

should be

of these imperved 10m guns

maintained as part of the defence. It

might mansemure within the mole under the

pectection of

the ques

in the batteries, and

while presenting a very small target to an evening's ques, might keep hostile