Edited sentence: Brigadier Glennie, who was dirctly responsible for the East Brigade area had recognised the risks in the area.He organised an ad hoc waterborne force that became the Tawau Assault Group (TAG).Helicopter landing sites were cleared a few kilometers apart all along the border area, and platoons patrolled vigorously.In this period it was a platoon commander's war for the British.One of their 'posts' was a boat permanently postioned close to the international border across Wallace Bay.Platoons deployed individually in semi-permanent bases.Small parties of Gurkhas, police and Border Scouts wer stationed in many remote villages.TAG became properly established based on an infantry company, marines and a Naval Gunfire Observation Party from a battery in Hong Kong.The RN guardship made a seaborne attack unlikely but the myriad creeks and rivers around Tawau, Cowie Harbour and Wallace Bay were a challenge.The Tawau area also had a company of the Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry.They dominated the area, and uncluded a raft-mounted mortar