CO537-(184-198) — Page 650

19

ticed away by a false information. cleus of one hundred ie artillery

Men

under havalanm

Raval Authority

to defences proposed

Assistance hi lase te boken teer Militia, Tackyard Seeure. ing Expense, I

Such large intereste

Such a body of

lery

would be Valuable ties how requiring

red labour, and

of of a proportionn

ed in

·trades,

a

Cost of maintenance imbursed by their its withe Backyard. nothing to add to

Captain

Reference:-

PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE

CO 537/199

COPYRIGHT NOT TO BE REPRODUCED PHOTOGRAPHICALLY WITHOUT PERMISSION

ד

20

Captani Bedford's report relative to the Employment of torpedoes, Except to strengthen his apunicon that they would be useless withing Specially trained torpedoes to for then management, and to Express my want of faith. any Extemporary and partial adoption of that means of defence.

Nor do Iace much

accasion for resort to torpedoes to Guard

this Small harbour

as an

Enemy, if not prevented

by guns from approach, Could attain his object without

Entering

the harbour.

I have de.

(Signed) A. de Horsey.

Shear Adind and Coms in Chief-

Reference:-

PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE

CO 537/199

COPYRIGHT NOT TO BE REPRODUCED PHOTOGRAPHICALLY WITHOUT PERMISSION

זיייי

Page 650Page 651