Visibility Problems:
(a) When the point arrives at hill 647 can it see the crossroads 610 to the northeast?
(b) When the flank patrol reaches Benders' Church crossroads can it see an enemy patrol at the house midway on the road 534-554 one mile to the northeast?
(c) Looking north along the Center Mills road from hill 647 where does the road first become invisible?
Map: Hunterstown Sheet.
General Situation:
The Harvard regiment encamped on the night of July 12-13 at Biglerville (B-8) in hostile territory. The remainder of the brigade of which the regiment is a part is in camp 5 miles west of Biglerville.
Problem I:
At daylight, July 13, the regimental commander receives the following message from brigade headquarters: