CO129-187 - Governor Hennessy - 1880 [1-4] — Page 228

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natures of OWnance, and keeping in view the probabilis of an attack

bring f

short duration, also

allowing one

half the detachingat

to be made up of Infantry, and Lascars, I have allowed but two extirps

in Was Time, where War for of Royal Artillery in Was Time, where otherwise it should be three considering the arduous nature of the work.

I have Oh a prace footing

allowed

a

Fo

Artiller

full detachment per Prace for

gum, fifty per cent only being

Royal Artillery mehue-

to there has been adden

been adder fine

per cent of the R. A. Strength for

26

Foremen Etc.

North Point

War

Place.

36

18

Kowloon East-

52

Kowloon West-

43

22

Kalletts Island

27

34

18

9

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30

Fa Artillery

A

Artillery Gem Laven Strength

269

141

13

13

282

154

Batteri's

Batters

2

Total

2

Beleber Green Island

Stone Cutter Island 59

5% addition for Pores

Total R.A. taking battery,

Strugth at 120 N. Commer

Lavens Companies of same shrift 3

This slight Excess of calculated Strength would allow of Casualties,

ekte:

ener

Corpedoes -

3.

224

An average allowance for Infantry of defruce is three per Gunner,

which could

not be well

erduced in the present case as the force is to detached This would give for the Infantry

&

"War Establishment

2160 beyourts, and on a peace Footing of 1440; or in

available

other

words taking the strength of abattalion to be 800 on a

and 650 mi

was footing prace, Hong Kong

would

erquie 3 battalions for War Fine and two for prace

It will be seen that the Gun Lascar has been taken as

a Gunner Unit.

When completed, the various Works

and Barracks would supply ample occupation for a Europlan Company of Royal Engineers The main defensive work of the Engineer force is undoubted that connected with Torpedoes, and as to much of Submarine work requires the aid of men more or less acquainted with boats, I would respectfully

duggest

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