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Sinions From therefore may be said the in greater danger from a forer landing on the West coast than Cape Town.
Twill therefore consider first the defensive arrangements required to r insure the safety of the former place.
Although the country latroces prepuci Bay and kinon's Bay is generally prec- -ticable for infantry still the ground is so extremely broken, and difficult,
Thapman's
covered adit is with rocks and boulders
necesardy
test an invading force would rectouring have to keep
or tracks.
Marking
more or less to the roads
as these do therefore the lice
fpossible advance it will really be suf.
ficient to consider what steps should
be taken to bere the enemy's approsek
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recent reason Sthink for not allowing tfish a consideration any weight. The several landing placeschon,
ille
der certain conditions, it would be
e for du
du suemy to throw troops hore are contained in AppendixA.
Houts Bay and Chapman's Bay to be the only twos points on the
ear lole
it coast where a
landing in any
could be attended with any prospect ceeest. Manding at the former
ce would
directly
menace Cape Town. uto Bay however from it's sheltered
ition could be made the base of opera is for a force landing in hosts at Amans Bay, in view to an attack
Cinous Lown.
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