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(A.)--Divisions of Command.

The fortress is divided for defence purposes into six sections, as follows:-

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Area.

I. Stonecutters

Stonecutters' Island ..

Upper Belchers

Lower Belchers

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Fly Point

III. The Peak

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Victoria

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(B.)----Distribution of Troops and Armament.

The complete distribution of the garrison for defence is shown in the annexed Tables B to B (vii). Table B shows the distribution by Sections and Reserves. Tables B (i) to B (vii) show the distribution by Corps and method of quartering.

The defence is distributed into six Sections, marked out by nature as separate commands. These Sections are as follows :—

No. I Section.—Stonecutters Island. Head-quarters, Stonecutters Central.

No. II Section.-Mount Davis, including Belchers and Victoria Batteries and Sandy Bay. Head-quarters, Upper Belchers.

Troops.-F Company European Infantry encamped on the col between Mount Davis and the road.

Movable Armament.-Two 8-inch howitzers behind the knoll; two 7-pr. R.M.L. guns, three 3-pr. Q.F. guns, and two Maxims on high ground commanding Sandy Bay.

Communications.-Victoria Battery is connected by telephone with Belchers, where the Fire Commander is.

The troops in this Section, augmented by the Reserves, are to close the back-door into Belchers.

No. III Section.-The Peak, from Mountain Lodge to Wanchai Gap. Head- quarters, Plunket's Gap. This must obviously be a distinct Section, separated, as it is, from the Mount Davis Section, by the pass about 1,000 feet below it, and from the Wong-nei-Cheong Section by the great pathless bulk of Mount Cameron.

Troops.-D and E Companies British Infantry and the Volunteers; D Company British Infantry and the Volunteers encamped at Plunket's Gap, with outposts at night on knoll flanking Pokfulum Dam; E Company British Infantry at the Sani- tarium, with outposts on Wanchai-Aberdeen Road. These troops observe Mount Davis on the right, guard the approaches up the Pokfulum Valley, Mount Kellet and Aberdeen, Wanchai and Aberdeen Roads.

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Movable Armament.-Two 66-inch howitzers below Mr. Hutchinson's house on Kellet Spur, south side of Mount Kellet; two 6'6-inch howitzers on Mount Cameron, enfilading Wanchai-Aberdeen Road; six 7-pr. guns with Volunteers parked at Plunket's Gap for use-two at Mountain Lodge, two at La Hacienda, and two at Mount Gough Police Station; six Maxims parked at Plunket's Gap to accompany troops.

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