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regiments will reach the ground by the South
Western Railway.
An official plan of operations—which, thanks to
Ur. Wyld, the enterprising geographer, of Charing-
cross, has been published in a map of the field of
action, in such a way as to make it intelligible to
officers and other to be engaged—has been issued,
and will comprise the following :
" 1. An army
covering London is encamped on
an elevation be tween Putney and Roehampton.
"2. The enemy is supposed to be advancing
along the Portsmouth-road from the direction of
Kingston Bottom.

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ing is an outline of the arrangements at Brighton :
The force will arrive at a temporary platform a
few hundred yards from the main station, and being
there discharged from the trains will march, a part
to " the Level," and a part down the Grand-parade
and the Steyne to the Marine-parade, where those
who are earliest in their arrival will pile arms for a
short period to give time for the arrival and debar-
cation of their comrades. The brigades will form
in the following order :
ARTILLERY BRIGADE.—CoIoneI Estridge, Com-
manding.

" 3, One battalion is sent forward to meet the
advancing foe in extended order as far as Putney
Bottom, their right flank resting on the Bald-faced
Stag and other houses, while the main bodyillaving
advanced from the encampment, take up a strotipo-
sition on the crest of the hill, having Combepark and
Roehampton on the right, covered by the artillery.
" 4. The skirmishers which have been thrown out
and the advanced battalion arc driven back, and
re-form within the lines of the main body, which
then advances, and firing commences along the
whole line.
" 5. The enemy, finding it impossible to force the
Portsmouth-road, are supposed to endeavour to turn
the left of the defenders, and to gain the Wimbledon-
road to London, but are intercepted by a powerful
body of skirmishers thrown out in front of the rifle
butts, who keep them at bay while the whole force
of the defenders by a rapid movement take up a
new alignment, and form in columns of battalions
between the windmill on the right, and Wimble-
don. and Putney roads and Wimbledon-park on the
left flank, the skirmishers who have been previously
engaged taking up a position in the rear. Having
fired from their right of companies, and discharged
several volleys at the supposed enemy, the whole
line will advance, and again re-form into battalions."

Ist Battalion—Brighton Artillery, 4th Cinque
Ports Artillery, 2d Hants Artillery, 2d Sussex
Artillery.
FIRST BRIGADE RIFLE VOLUNTEERS.—Lieut.-
Colonel Faunce, Commanding ; Captain Deeds,
Brigade Major.
Ist Battalion (Colonel APLeod).-Ist Middlesex
Engineers, Volunteer Guards (32d Middlesex); 2d
Battalion (Major Atherley)-2d South Middlesex;
3d Battalion (Captain Ives)-11th Middlesex (St.
Geoi-ge's) ; 32d Middlesex (Paddington).

SECOND BRIGADE—Lord Radstock Commanding ;
Captain Chitty, Brigade Major,
Ist Battalion, 9th West Middlesex, 2d Middle.
sex Administrative Battalion ; 2d Battalion (Colonel
loney)-6th Tower Hamlets, 4th Tower Hamlets,
7th Middlesex (Islington) ; 3d Battalion (Colonel
Colville-29th Middlesex (Clerkenwell) ; Kent
Rifles, 4th, 13th, 17th, 21st, 34th.
THIRD BRIGADE.—CoIoneI Moorsom, Commanding;
Major Penton, Brigade Major.

Ist Battalion-3d Sussex Administrative Bat-
talion-Ist Cinque Ports ; 3d Battalion (Major
Barttelot)-2d Sussex Adminstrative Battalion.

FOURTH BRIGADE.—CoIoneI Valiance, Command-

ing ; Major Deedes, Brigade Major.
Ist Battalion (Colonel Conran)-Ist Hants Ad-
ministrative Battalion, Winchester, 3d Hants Ad-
ministrative Battalion-6th Hants Corps; 2d Bat-
talion (Major Roupell, M.P.)-19th Surrey
(Lambeth), 10th Surrey (Bermondsey) ; 3d Bat-
talion (Sir Henry Fletcher)-2d Surrey Ad-
minstrative Battalion, 20th Surrey (Norwood).
Reserve-3a City of London, Brighton Cadets,
and 11th Tower Hamlet?.

Brighton itself lies a little to the south-west a
mile distant; and the volunteers, when all is ready
will march from it to the grand stand, where will
be the lord lieutenant, the Earl of Chichester. The
brigades, proceeding along the western side of the
horseshoe, will march past, salute, and then defile
round the arc of the valley, and take up position on
the eastern side, the left, with the guns, resting on
the sea. The enemy will be supposed to approach
from the direction of Brighton, and the line will
advance and retire, firing volleys as they move.
Any details must be deferred, inasmuch as at the
last moment there may be an alteration in the plan.
Such confidence has Lord Ranelagh in the volun-
teers that he is thus prepared to risk the success of
the day upon men who have never worked together,
and upon movements which have not been re-
heaa•sed.

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