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or shell. The veaael m aaid «lt;* have power to tarn on her own mis end Cra tbe whole of her eight gone at an enemy. The otter thell of the hull It of atccl armour-plating 4$in. to •tin. or Hin. thick, within a lew le* above and below the water line. The vr**el it aup-potcl to lie a forraldnble meant of attacking large ironclads ilt; amartly handled.The agent-general ha* forwarded to the Mminter of Iefenelt;*»y the laat mall a copy of a letter re.-elved Irom Major Wallace, the in-veil tor t.f the Wallace intrenching tpade. Major Wallace renmrka that na it ia proboble that on many future occaalona the colonial fmre* will 1« permitted to co-operate witn the Imperial lorcea, he wishes to bring under the notice of the colonial Government a the value of the ajunle to be carneil by the soldier aa an auxiliary ol the ordinary maitna nf entrenching, which it i* In no way intended to aupersede. Some 30.000 of the epudea have already Itch aupplied to the Hntiah army and navy, and a turthor order
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Melbourne Argus
Melbourne, Victoria, AU
Wed, Jul 08, 1885
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