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established, a landing ought to be impossible A detachment of Voluntars shoedd howdy be placed at Wynberg.

It is not probable that a landing would be attempted in places such as lamps Bay, Three anchor bay, or Table Bay, where at any

moment the enemy's ships might

be driven

away from the coast by a

change of wired, provided the land forces of Cape Town are Kecoure to be sufficiently numerous and efficient.

It would Jconsider be a waste of money men, and material, to place batteries it enny poist where a landing is possible at

all times.

My idea of the land defense

defence of the peninsula promone end to the other is to improve the communications (roads and radway)

so that troops may be moved

rapidly to any threatened point; and

33 yot

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