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Chinese CORRESPONDENT WATCHES Taken By

LANDING FROM THE AIR

(BY NORMAN MACKAY)·

Surprise

The Japanese landing in Bias

A BARE 30 MILES FROM THE CENTRE OF HONG KONG, A COG Bay, in spite of news of the pre-

OF THE JAPANESE WAR MACHINE IS POURING THOUSANDS OF TROOPS INTO SOUTH CHINA.

Scores of lighters and auxiliary vessels are busily engaged in transporting the tons of supplies that a major invasion of this description makes

necessary.

a

sence of the large fleet of trans- ports leaking out, apparently took the Chinese defenders complete-

ly by surprise,

No effort had been made to

reinforce the coastal defences,

which largely consist of a maze of machine-gun nests, and which

bombardment,

A few hours ago, in a Hornet Moth plane belonging to the Far East Fly-were pulverized by the naval

ing Training School and piloted by Flying Officer G. E. Longfield specialist in aerial reconnaissance I was flying over Mirs Bay from whence, across a narrow strip of land dividing British territory from China, I saw one of the most amazing sights it has probably ever been given to a newspaperman in these parts of the world to witness.

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Japanese quarters state that the landing force had anticipated meeting stubborn resistance, but the operations were carried out without a hitch.

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I had been told before I left that the Japanese were making a major land-clearly visible from the air

ing but until this morning, I had no idea what a scheme of that des- literally black with moving figures. -cription entailed.

the narrow neck of land whichler

craft making trip after to

of the large expanse We took off from Kai Tack at separates Mirs Bay and British trip 11.25 this morning.

waters from Bias Bay, and China, beach, whose glittering surface, so Although shining there was a bright sun

were two Japanese, destroyers. They were evidently on patrol duty and and the weather was particularly clear, Flying Officer Longfield was rather doubtful as to the success of our mission.

Reports received earlier in the the morning indicated that - in Mira Bay, where we hoped to do our patrol, a low ceiling and poor visibility might possibly make ob- servation of Bias Bay difficult.

had Fifteen minutes after we taken off in the Hornet we Baw our first war vessel.

Lying off Mirs Point, its Union

This story of the Japanese landing at Blas Bay, first eyes witness account of the develop- ments in South China, was writ- ten after a flight in a plane' spė. clally chartered by the "Ching Mall."

This is the first time in local journalism that any newspaper has chartered an aeroplane to bring news to Its readers,

Jack marking on the decks easily were cruising along the shore with-

discernible in the sunshine, lay a in the Bay.

British destroyer. Alongside it

was one of the recently arrived

mosquito motor boats, capable

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of

a speed, a mý pilot told me, of some 75 miles an hour.

AMAZING SIGHT

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Two minutes later, flying at a

height of 2,000 feet because of the

Beyond this, lying off the centre of the Bay was the main concentration. Imagine some 120 vessels of all sizes packed into an area about the size of Hong Kong Harbour and you will have some idea of what I saw.

None of the ships were in ac

low ceiling, Flying Officer Longfield, tion and their close proximity to whose trained eye was much quicker the shore indicated that they were not encountering any oppo- sition.

to spot our objectives. than mine we were even with the aid of a pair!!

“Look: over of field glass said; there.

Following his pointing

There they were amid hive of Lactivity

Capital ships,

d destroyers, aircraft carriers, Just over Moores:

barros and

OMINOUS PREPARATIONS Finding it difficult to make out

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