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the past when armed junks have combined forces and, when
our strength has been small, have taken advantage of the
fact to attack us, with facualties resulting on our
side:-
(a) when the attempt was made to search a Chinese motor
vessel towing a large junk in Honghai Bay, fire was
opened by machine-gun and one inspection officer was
wounded and a seaman killed.
(b) When an inspection party was sent to search a junk
at Shenhu (
), they were fired on from the junk
and a seaman was wounded.
(c) When a search was about to be carried out of a
steam-vessel and a junk at Heiangehanpu (
) fire
was opened from the steam-vessel and a seaman was wounded.