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I was then about 150 yards from my matshed.
among the rocks there.
I took shelter
From my position I could see the South
side and front of the Wing Yeung Company and had a good view of
the pier and ground round about.
in the valley.
Whilst running to this place
of shelter I heard several explosions at the foot of the hills
I arrived there before the Customs Cruiser ran
I was then about 250 yards to 300 yards from
on the beach.
the Wing Yeung Company. The firing contin ued until the Cruiser
was beached and stopped after she grounded All her crew
jumped overboard and waded ashore. I did not see a European
among them.
I saw a mark on the starboard bow of the Cruiser
which appeared to have been made by a hit of some sort. The
crew of the Cruiser ran into the fields behind my matshed. A
short while after the firing stopped 3 or 4 of the crew came
back to the Cruiser and removed some clothing and kit. About
hour after the Cruiser ran ashore I saw 2 motor boats flying
the Japanese flag at their sterns approaching her. The 3 or
4 men who were getting stuff out of the Cruiser ran away when
they saw the motor boats approaching. They ran back to the
others, who had hidden themselves in a small stream bed about
150 yards from the shore, where they took off their red sashes
and then ran away up the pass which leads to Lung Ku Tan.
The 2 motor boats, each with about 15 aboard, the
me jority dressed in blue, some in khaki and some in white,
approached to within 30 yards of the Customs Cruiser.
I heard
a whistle blown twice. They then came alongside the starboærd
quarter of the Cruiser and 2 men in khaki boarded her. They
walked round the Cruiser and then called the remainder of their
men aboard. A man dressed in blue uniform lowered the Chinese
flag and hoisted a Japanese one in its place. I saw them
removing what appeared to be rifles, boxes and other equipment into one of the motor boats, which, when loaded put off back to the destroyer. The destroyer did appear to have come closer,