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B. He stood one in a corner and unrolled the other and showed

out

it to us. On it he pointed/the flagstaff (Naval) and the con-

crete road leading up to Mount Davis Battery: he pointed out

on it the two guns which are now mounted and which I now know

to be Nos 1 and 2 and told us to follow on beyond them till

we camw to a group of matsheds on our left, and said "Your R.E.

are quartered about 20 yards beyond that".

I noticed the positions of three other guns marked by

circles on the plan and I now know them to be those of Nos 3,

4, and 5 guns. The plan had also marked on it the shelters

which I now know to be the 48 and 42 men's shelters, and the

artillery store near No. 1 gun. The concrete road was shown

as far as the 48 men's shelter.

water tank beyond the 32 men's shelter on the plan.

I noticed also the top large

The plan was about 5' by 4' and included as far as I can

remember, the coast line from the end of the tram line Kennedy

Tówn to beyond the inlet south of Mount Davis as shown me on

a 2* map of Hong Kong by Major Pyne.

The other plan was never unrolled by him, but it seemed

to be about the same size, and was marked "Devil's Peak" on

the outside. He seemed to know a good many things that were

going on at Mount Davis, among others that the Artillery were

going to open a canteen (this canteen was opened on the 12th

instant,) and informed us that he had been an officer in the

German Artillery. He spoke with a German accent. His name

*Herr Hermann" was marked on the notice board of the bungalow.

(Signed) D.J.HISCOCKS, Sapper, R.E.

2nd

Statement.

No. 19616 Sapper J.BOLTON, 25th Company, R.E., states:-

I have read that portion of Sapper Hiscocks' statement

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