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From Captain of "Encounter" to Colonel Watson on receipt of signal at 2.30 A.M.  14/9/14.

Captain Lewin to Colonel Watson, H.M.A.S "Encounter"

"Will make every endeavour to land Machine Guns by 4:45 a.m. but if it is after that time when they land suggest a messenger being ready to lead them up to main body.  Will shell the position marked on your sketch map as soon as it is sufficiently light to see where shells are falling.   Cannot guarantee any exact range or damage to trenches other than moral or intellectual.
Will notify you of ceasing fire by hauling down red flag which will be hoisted at our Foremast.  If unable to see this flag, the cessation of fire for a quarter of an hour will mean I have finished shelling."

C. N. Lewin.

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