The Archive · 1920

Ist Point, Wedge Roof Josshouse

—Instructions from points wan: Send out your men to find wounded despatch rider (dummy) lying within a radius of 250 yds. of pointsman. Take despatch from his breast pocket and follow instructions in same.

The despatch-rider's instructions were, "Go to Hungjao Village."

2nd Point Hungjao Village—The instructions from pointsman were: (1) Odd numbers dismount, hand ponies to even numbers, take cover, and fire three rounds, independent} firing; (2) Odd numbers mount. Even numbers dismount, hand over

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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