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ther up the tongue of land that projedls from the Devil's Hill, 
than the point, No. 12, in the map, were liable to be turned be- 
tween that point and the craggy fummit D, a manoeuvre, I be- 
lieve, which General Craig intended to put in practice, pro- 
vided the Dutch, after being driven out of Wynberg, were 
difpofed to make a ftand at the French lines. He therefore, 
very properly, ordered a battery and block-houfe to be con- 
ftru^led immed'ately under D, and a fecond a little lower down 
the hill, which, with the two redoubts in the lines, and Fort 
de Knokke at their extremity on the fhore of Table Bay, being 
all within the compafs of 1500 yards, would enable the garri- 
fon to keep up fuch a crofs and concentrated fire, as to prevent 
any moderate number of troops from attempting to force the 
lines in their approach to the town fi om Simon's Bay. And, 
in order to ftrengthen th« northern extremity of the lines, and, 
at the fame time, to cover the landing place at the mouth of, 
and palfage acrofs, the Salt River, he added, alfo, a bomb- 
proof tower and battery at G, both of which bear his name. 
Notwithftanding, however, the ftrength of thefe lines, the offi- 
cers of the Dutch garrifon, nov^ at the Cape, were of opinion 
that the mod eleglble mode of attacking the town would be to 
force the lines, though at the hazard of lofmg a number of men, 
after which the caftle muft immediately fall ; and many Englifh 
officers are of the fame opinion. v 
Fort Knokke is connected with the citadel by a rampart 
drawn along the fhore, called the Sea lines, defended by feveral 
batteries, mounted with heavy guns, and furnifhed with ovens 
for heating fhot. Within thefe lines is a powder magazine, 
and 
