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was doing a considerable ameant of talking among the party he was with. I could not say what he was talking about. At this time Sub- Inspector Pitt painted out to mo two men in the crowd. They wero
a few yards apart. The first was a shock haired man of modium build, wearing a white jacket. The second was a taller am in an old brown suit with a tunic osat. He was wearing an old felt hat. Sub- Inspecter Pitt said "These are the two men whe took the leading part at the Water-værks må lod the meb to a break through. We passed on, the crew: getting thicker all the time: se much se
that Bergeant Derling opened his "out-out" and throttle in order to make more noise to get through: the horn was net sufficient, Pr the last 75 te 100 yards there was a solid mss of men, There were
■ few women, I passed about five or six wemon before the "ater- werks and there were a few women at the tail,past the Water-Works, They were not in front of the crowd but at the rear. On each occasion I called ent "Send these women back", adding, "They are not allowed to gaithey have no permite". All the time going through the crowd and until we pased it, I was shouting out."You cannot ge forwardt ge back, The Goverment has not givan yen permission to ge". Right through there were answering shouts of defiance, We passed the head of the crowd sanewhere between the 6th and 7th milestone. It was snowhere near the reservoir wo had mot my car returning with the driver and one Sepoy so I knew Captain Bloxham vas abeed, I shouted to the driver "Go along and bring back some mere men. ‚” He heard me call,but did not hear my exact direction. Hə and the Sepey as a matter of fact however, did what I did want. They had the sense te de it, I found Captain Bloxham and his three non on
rtzaight stretch of read at about the 74 miles point. He had taken up a position sœress the read near where the old read cute the new straight. At my request he dropped his men back about 100 yards to the mouth of a cutting, that is the cutting at the other and of 'he leep which is out off by the "straight". At this point, on the
ilway side, there is a steep trop from the road: en the other side
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