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on Moodie Pount, which should soucet three y tou and three 64th rifted guns, as
placed as to distribute their fire on the water between Cole point and Mackenzie Head, and
to prevent a landing in the boat harbour. between the latter and the lighthouse.
The Committer suggest this position sepon Ixamination of the Admically chast, withint any special knowledge of the locality, considing that an advancing this would necessarily " pass slowly over the Bar, having to change its
course while on it, during which process the would be sapored to the fire of the ballery, which the would find difficulty in returning; and also because an inlet of the sea, full of mund and weeds extends inland from the boat harbour, which would be an obstacle in the way of an advancing force that might have landed to the Southwoned with a view to attempting a coup de main upon the battery; and also because from the proximity of the Railway and prices, it is presumed that men to man the guns would be available
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