CO129-205 - Public Offices - 1882 — Page 487

CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案 All

i

483

44.

Fort Caming

hes it

Fort Canning requires

Q

grat

4-64, Ps

deal of alteration to adapt it to 5.B. guns modern requirements, but its position

Work

both in a defensive point of view, and

10,000 as a work to command the town and

ment 3.600 native population is to important that

13.600

no idea

should be entertained of

dis mau

Lov men

thing

it.

The remarks Page 7 of

Lir

Williams Jervois report should be

Conclusive on

The

on theat point.

general measures to be adopted in the remodelling of this fort

are

to give proper flanking defence to the ditches, to alter the glacis

so as

to

Comments

Approved members can add comments, bookmarks, and private notes.

No comments yet.

Private Research Note

Private notes are available after approval.