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Sub Enc.No.11.

H.M.S."Hermione",

Hongkong.

April 20, 1899.

Sir,

I have the honour to report to you that in compliance with an order received from Commodore Powell, I placed myself under the orders of Maj. General Gascoigne on Tuesday, April 18.

I received orders from him that he wished me to assist in transporting some troops to Deep Bay by water.

I took with me a party of one warrant officer, 4 midshipmen, and 42 men, armed, who I formed into boats' crews for the six steam launches which carried the troops and one Maxim gun.

The troops embarked at the Ordnance Wharf at 8 p.m. on the 18th inst., and at 8.30 p.m., I left and proceeded to Deep Bay dropping two launches at Tau Lam Chun for the men in them to be disembarked at that point.

At 12.30 when some two and a half miles short of Ngan How, the point at which it was wished to make the disembarkation I took the ground, but was enabled to warn the boats astern in time to prevent them doing the same, and with assistance of the launch in charge of Mr Neild, Midshipman, I got off in 20 mins., and proceeded.

At about 1.30 a.m. I anchored off what I took to be Ngan How, but on landing with Mr Landale, Mr Potts of Hongkong who had frequently landed in Deep Bay before I discovered I had mistaken the place and had not gone far enough up the Bay.

Captain G.A.Callaghan, R.N.

H.M.S."Hermione".

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Sub Enc.No.11. H.M.S."Hermione", Hongkong. April 20, 1899. 73 Sir, I have the honour to report to you that in compliance with an order received from Commodore Powell, I placed myself under the orders of Maj. General Gascoigne on Tuesday, April 18. I received orders from him that he wished me to assist in transporting some troops to Deep Bay by water. I took with me a party of one warrant officer, 4 midshipmen, and 42 men, armed, who I formed into boats' crews for the six steam launches which carried the troops and one Maxim gun. The troops embarked at the Ordnance Wharf at 8 p.m. on the 18th inst., and at 8.30 p.m., I left and proceeded to Deep Bay dropping two launches at Tau Lam Chun for the men in them to be disembarked at that point. At 12.30 when some two and a half miles short of Ngan How, the point at which it was wished to make the disembarkation I took the ground, but was enabled to warn the boats astern in time to prevent them doing the same, and with assistance of the launch in charge of Mr Neild, Midshipman, I got off in 20 mins., and proceeded. At about 1.30 a.m. I anchored off what I took to be Ngan How, but on landing with Mr Landale, Mr Potts of Hongkong who had frequently landed in Deep Bay before I discovered I had mistaken the place and had not gone far enough up the Bay. Captain G.A.Callaghan, R.N. H.M.S."Hermione".

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Sub Enc.No.11. H.M.S."Hermione", Hongkong. April 20, 1899. 73 } r Sir, I have the honour to report to you that in compliance with an order received from Commodore Powell, I placed myself under the orders of Maj. General Gascoigne on Tuesday, April 18. I received orders from him that he wished me to assist in transporting some troops to Deep Bay by water. I took with me a party of one warrant officer, 4 midshipmen, and 42 men, armed, who I formed into boats' crews for the six steam launches which carried the troops and one Maxim gun. The troops embarked at the Ordnance Wharf at 8 p.m. on the 18th inst., and at 8.30 p.m., I left and proceeded to Deep Bay dropping two launches at Tau Lam Chun for the men in them to be disembarked at that point. At 12.30 when some two and a half miles short of Ngan How, the point at which it was wished to make the disembarkation I took the ground, but was enabled to warn the boats astern in time to prevent them doing the same, and with assistance of the launch in charge of Mr Neild, Midshipman, I got off in 20 mins., and proceeded. At about 1.30 a.m. I anchored off what I took to be Ngan How, but on landing with Mr Landale, Mr Potts of Hongkong who had frequently landed in Deep Bay before I discovered I had mistaken the place and had not gone far enough up the Bay. Captain G.A.Callaghan, R.N. H.M.S."Hermione". The

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Sub Enc.No.11.

H.M.S."Hermione",

Hongkong.

April 20, 1899.

} r

Sir,

I have the honour to report to you that in compliance

with an order received from Commodore Powell, I placed

myself under the orders of Maj. General Gascoigne on

Tuesday, April 18.

I received orders from him that he wished me to

assist in transporting some troops to Deep Bay by water.

I took with me a party of one warrant officer, 4

midshipmen, and 42 men, armed, who I formed into boats'

crews for the six steam launches which carried the troops

and one Maxim gun.

The troops embarked at the Ordnance Wharf at 8 p.m.

on the 18th inst., and at 8.30 p.m., I left and proceeded

to Deep Bay dropping two launches at Tau Lam Chun for

the men in them to be disembarked at that point.

At 12.30 when some two and a half miles short of

Ngan How, the point at which it was wished to make the disembarkation I took the ground, but was enabled to warn the boats astern in time to prevent them doing the same, and with assistance of the launch in charge of Mr Neild, Midshipman, I got off in 20 mins., and proceeded. At about 1.30 a.m. I anchored off what I took to be Ngan How, but on landing with Mr Landale, Mr Potts of Hongkong who had frequently landed in Deep Bay before I discovered I had mistaken the place and had not gone far enough up the Bay.

Captain G.A.Callaghan, R.N.

H.M.S."Hermione".

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