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marked "A" and it is substantially correct.

While we were

on the verandah, and after he had offered us a drink the sivi-

lian went into the house and brought out two large plans in

roll; he opened one first which was evidently not that of

Mount Davis, for he put it down again and it curled itself

up in a roll; he then opened the other, and pointed out on

it the flagstaff (Naval) and th@bottom of the concrete road

where we should have turned up, he then showed us on it the con-

crete road winding up to the guns.

I am certain the plan was on a larger scale than that

shown me now by Major Pyne, which I see is 100 feet to the

one inch.

He showed us the positions of two guns marked on the plan,

which I now know to be * Nos 1 and 2 guns, and showed us how

far we would have to go round beyond No 2 gun before we got to

where our detachment lived. He also pointed out positions on

the plan where the R.A. and R.E. were quartered which I now

know to be the 32 and 48 men's shelters respectively, and I

think these were marked on the plan. I can't remember whether

the positions of Noa 3,4, and 5 guns were marked on the plan,

but I remember him saying that two guns were mounted and that

we were working on three others. He said "I suppose you're

only just landed in Hong Kong, and have been sent up here",

and asked us whether we expected to be at Mount Davis some

time.

He told us that a canteen would be fixed up by the R.G.A.

soon at Mount Davis. He also told us that he had once been

a soldier in the German Artillery. He spoke like a German,

and I noticed the name on his notice board was "Herr Hermann”.

The