CO129-046 - Lieut. Governor Caine & Sir Bowring - 1854 [5-19／8] — Page 212

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For the

defences of the place

I have had Ion 32 Porr, laced

on board the "Hereutes with a Detachment

of

and whe

is moved so as to Command

the Castern Euérance into the

Harbour, and she is defended

32

d by

the Gems three 3980 placed

Pettitt's seland where

there is u

Guard te protect

the Guns and Ammunition :=

Then there is the Wellington Balliry mounting & 82 Pon Suns part of which face the

Per.

Cast and the others Command

the Anchorage..

There is also the m

Muray

Battery 6. 2436n placed

209

some 1O

feet above the sea, part of the

Juns from which timmani

the Town, and the others the

ünchorage - I have had three 10 Inch Mortars put

into this Battery, the shelte

from which can be thrown

in

any

directione

CLA

required To the West I have caused

a

: Battery to be constructed Heur-dean in which are

placed 2-8 In. Iron Howitzers,

anned above this battery

what

other Ba

to the Cast

Battery

Cast of it,

has been

constructed on which Jen

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