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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