Section 1 Sectors 1 and 2
Section 2 Sectors 3 and 4

(b) Land Front.

Section 3 Sectors 6 and 7
Section 4 Sectors 8, 9, and 10
Section 5 Sectors 11 and 12

Kinchou.

The following were sent to and mounted on the Kinchou position in February:

42-line guns2}
6-inch field howitzers6}
Light field guns16}44 guns
Chinese 87-millimetre quick-firing guns12}
Chinese 87-millimetre guns8}
3-line maxims6
Rocket troughs8

Ammunition was sent to bring up the number of rounds per gun as follows:

Rounds.
42-line, light, and 87-millimetre non-cartridge guns 200
6-inch field howitzers 155
87-millimetre cartridge guns 140
Rockets 400

To fight the guns at Kinchou, a provisional company was formed of 4 officers and 392 non-commissioned officers and men. In February the Port Arthur Sortie Battery of eight 3-inch quick-firing guns and a provisional field battery of four 57-millimetre Chinese guns were also organized.

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