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"'d be marched rapidly that as well asby day. The completed at bast of possible to kinous

tions be taken, Isc

Larracks on the

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as bera, or ang defain - rear of the batteries.

com sunous Town to

Ling Chapmans Bay is

udes, or two hours.

to conceive any contin- Id necessitate troops Her in position after the and Jam fopinion tra expense which eights would entad

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to the troops which would be caused by in suck a step may well be spared.

Half a battalion of British Sufantry, say

350 men, and about the same

number.

of well trained Volunteers, kept together, and properly handled, ought to be able to prevent at least twice their number

even ascending

ascending the heights. -looking thapman's Bay in

frome

advance on Sunous Lown

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over-

in views to an

The natural strength of the ground is

very great, and wory

wery movement of the

wenry could be plainly.

- cipated.

seen,

and anti-

thould the survy by any chance have got possession of the heights, cong wick of ground in their advance could be dispected; the advantage being alto. -gother on the defending side.

The Froops from fape Town woverta

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