Fit as Fiddles and as Hard as Nails

The names corresponding to the duty assigned to each party.

{No. 1. Right Plank Surrounding Party.
{No. 2. Party to cut off village from neighbours.
{No. 3. Reserve party.
{No. 4. Gunboat covering party.
{No. 5. Machine gun party guarding left plank.

Taking each party separately their objects were these.
No. 1. This party was to occupy one of the steamers (the S.3). It was to consist of one double company of the regiment supported by ½ Sec. of Machine guns, and a second double company, less ?? section. It disembark at the point marked (1) in the map, hasten at top speed along the creek of willows, turn round the village so as to prevent any escape from the North and East. By