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4. Distribution.-The distribution of troops will be as follows:-

Officers.

Native Officers.

N.C.Os. and Men.

H.K.S.B., R.A.—~

Howitzer Battery, Wong-nei-Cheong Field Battery, Violet Hill

1

2

i

Native Infantry-

Outpost, West Spur, Violet Hill, connecting

with No. III Section

Outpost, Violet Hill, and escort to guns

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Tytam Reservoir, with Maxim

Reserve at Wong-nei-Cheong Gap

R.E. at Tytam Reservoir..

At Wong-nei-Cheong Gap-

R.A.M.C.

A.O.D.

A.S.C. and Coolie Corps

:::

1

24

55

(1 British N.C.

Officer)

28286

130

3

1

3

and 40 Chinese

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5. Quartering.-R.E. will be quartered in hut near the Tytam Reservoir, belonging to the Colonial Government. The remainder of the troops will be under canvas or in mat-sheds at the positions assigned to them.

6. Mode of Reinforcement.-By land from Victoria Reserve, viâ the Happy Valley, or by water from Kowloon to Causeway Bay, thence by land viâ the Happy Valley.

7. Communications.-This section communicates with No. III Section by a road from Wong-nei-Cheong Gap by the Bowen road, which runs on the north side of Mount Nicholson to Wanchai Gap. Middle Gap will shortly be linked into this road by a road running in a north-east direction from it. Middle Gap and Wanchai Gap have been linked by a road on the north side of Mount Cameron, and this road will be extended round the south side of Mount Nicholson, and, when completed, Wong-nei- This road will thus facilitate free Cheong Gap will be linked with the other two gaps. communication between the two sections and the movement of

and troops. guns Good lateral communication within the section itself is obtained from the road which runs from Wong-nei-Cheong Gap, past Stanley Gap to the reservoir, while roads, convenient for the movement of patrols, run from Wong-nei-Cheong Gap to Deep Water Bay, and from the reservoir to Tytam Tuk.

Telephonic communication is maintained with headquarters from the telephone at Wong-nei-Cheong Gap. Tytam Reservoir is also in telephonic communication with Wong-nei-Cheong. Telephonic communication with the neighbouring sections can be obtained through the headquarter office. Signalling communication would have to be established.

8. Supplies. Rations will be sent out daily from the Victoria main depôt. Seven days' reserve rations will be stored in a ration sub-depôt at Wong-nei-Cheong Gap. Water can be obtained from the Wong-nei-Cheong and Tytam Reservoirs.

9. Ammunition.-200 rounds per gun is issued to the artillery, the reserve of which will be stored in a field magazine at Wong-nei-Cheong Gap, in Ordnance charge.

1st Reserve, 100 rounds per rifle small-arm ammunition will be in regimental charge.

2nd Reserve, 300 rounds per rifle will be stored in the field magazine in Ordnance charge.

Infantry carry 100 rounds per rifle in their pouches, other branches 50 rounds. 10. Dressing Station.-A mat-shed will be constructed at the Wong-nei-Cheong Reservoir, where all mild cases will be treated. More serious cases will be sent, in the case of British troops to the Victoria Base Hospital, and in the case of Indian troops to the Kowloon Base Hospital, under the direction of the medical officer.

11. Modes of Attack. The more probable forms of attack on this section are :— (1.) By a landing of troops in Deep Water and Repulse Bays, and an attack on

the Wong-nei-Cheong and Stanley Gaps.

(2.) By a landing of troops in Tytam Bay, and an attack on the Tytam Reservoir with the object of destroying the dam.

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