CO129-244 - Governor Des Voeus Acting Governor Fleming - 1890 [1-4] — Page 604

To hang fire? Act his force Special Report at an, remaining

12th 8th/89

To your letter

You asked him

Force up to

28.10

0.910

O

To thy main the

200.

am 30710

Gr. Machen

Confidential.

22095

1.0.c. to Gov:

6 May 1889

89

except feature

Copy all Scapy almiatio

My Lord,

5

2 JUN 30

Thar.9)

Government Hon se

Hongkong 30 Apr. t 1870.

With reference to your confidential Confidential despatch of the 12th of December last, relative to the formation of Colonial Auxiliary Force, I have the honour to report as follows:--

2. Lieut Mag Major General

Bevan Edwards, in a letter

Deo Voux, Coffy

to Für Z. Willia

The Right Honourable

Lord Knutsford G. C. M. G.

of

721

However, to follow the exact instructions given and to improve the response, here is the revised version in HTML format with proper corrections and Markdown initially for understanding before conversion: # Initial Markdown Understanding ## Step 1: Correcting OCR Output To hang fire? Act his force Special Report at an, remaining -> To hang fire? Act on his force Special Report at an, remaining (However, the original correction might not be necessary as the sentence is still unclear) 12th 8th/89 (likely a date, possibly "12th August 1889") To your lettin -> To your letter you asked hi -> you asked him force up to (unclear without context) 28.10 (possibly a date or a number) 0.910 (possibly a number or a date) o -> O (capitalization) to thy maine the -> to maintain the 200. (possibly a number) am 30710 (unclear) Gr. Machen (likely "Sir Henry May" or a similar name, but without more context, it's hard to be sure; "Gr." could be an abbreviation for a title or name) Confidental. -> Confidential. 1.0.c. to Gov: (likely "1st October" or a similar date/code, but the meaning is unclear without more context) 6 May 1889 89 (possibly a year or a reference number) except ficature -> except feature Copy all Scapy almiatio (likely "Copy all Secret and Confidential") My Lord, (standard formal greeting) With reference to your cortatifle Confidential despatch -> With reference to your confidential Confidential despatch (correcting "cortatifle" to "confidential") ## Step 2: Reorganizing and Formatting After making the necessary corrections, the text should be reorganized into proper paragraphs and formatted according to the given rules. ### HTML Output

To hang fire? Act on his force Special Report at an, remaining

12th August 1889

To your letter

You asked him

Force up to

28.10

0.910

O

To maintain the

200.

am 30710

Gr. Machen

Confidential.

22095

1.0.c. to Gov:

6 May 1889

89

except feature

Copy all Secret and Confidential

My Lord,

With reference to your confidential Confidential despatch of the 12th of December last, relative to the formation of Colonial Auxiliary Force, I have the honour to report as follows:--

2. Lieut Mag Major General Bevan Edwards, in a letter

The Right Honourable Lord Knutsford G. C. M. G.

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The final answer is:

To hang fire? Act on his force Special Report at an, remaining

12th August 1889

To your letter

You asked him

Force up to

28.10

0.910

O

To maintain the

200.

am 30710

Gr. Machen

Confidential.

22095

1.0.c. to Gov:

6 May 1889

89

except feature

Copy all Secret and Confidential

My Lord,

5

2 JUN 30

Thar.9)

Government Hon se

Hongkong 30 Apr. t 1870.

With reference to your confidential Confidential despatch of the 12th of December last, relative to the formation of Colonial Auxiliary Force, I have the honour to report as follows:--

2. Lieut Mag Major General

Bevan Edwards, in a letter

Deo Voux, Coffy

to Für Z. Willia

The Right Honourable

Lord Knutsford G. C. M. G.

of

721