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steadiness of the men
Muawa los
auch at
A
when taken
great
disadvantage, particularly bringing before your notice John Haverfield Private R.M.L.J. whose coolness was most exemplary.
On Sunday the Pirates
again
on the boats with muskets,
Lient. St. John, R.N., to Senior Naval Officer, Hongkong. 23.
fired
but "
glad to have
} no casualties
to
mention, the boats being so close in, most of the grape shot passed over.
I have, &c.
AC. St John,
Lieutenant Commanding.
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(Copy)
H.M's G. Boat "Opossum"
Hong Kong, November 15th, 1864.
Sir,
On Friday the 11th Instant I recovered a small Fishing Junk in a Creek at the head of "Castle Peak Bay".
The Owner informing me he was taken the evening before (by a Pirate Boat) when coming out of Deep Bay. The Pirates on my landing escaped into the Country.
On Sunday the 13th Instant a Chinaman, "Hoy Hoee" by name, the owner of a Hongkong passage Junk (No. 2828) reported to
Captain M.S. Nolloth, R.N.,
H.M.S. Princess Charlotte