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ON
IDENTIAL.
Hongkong.
117
20056
RECR
Root 9 SEP 10
Government House,
Hongkong, 6th. August, 1910.
My Lord,
475588
50882
In continuation of my Confidential
Despatch of the 21st. ultimo, I have the honour to inform
Your Lordship that the operations against the Chinese
pirates in Colowan have been terminated by the Portuguese
troops with the following results:-
Pirates killed and wounded.
Pirates captured......
25.
48.
Prisoners held to ranson by pirates.....25.
Prisoners held to ransom by pirates
rescued....
Portuguese troops killed.......
do.
wounded.
missing.
12 (1
died.)
2.
4.
1.
2.
The success of the operations Was
marred by the occurrence of a typhoon during the period of
blockade of the Island, which enabled a number of the
pirates to escape by junk while the blockading vessels
had to seek shelter.
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE
THE EARL OF CREWE,
&C.,
An
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