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You passed through the crowd and took up a position advan ou of them ? About five or six hundred yards,
At what time did Mr. King arrive
had taken up my position.
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About five minutes after I
Accompanie by two Suropean police ?
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Yes.
Mr. King had already given you certain instructions before you reached this point?
Station.
He gave them as soon as we left Youmti
What did he say ?
He said that he was going to try and round up
the crowd and bring them back under fixed bayonets to tho Reclamation in Kowloon.
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No,
When he sent you ahead did he give you any instructions ? merely to get ahead and try to stop them. Họ had previously given me instructions not to fire excopt under his orders.
On his arrival he told you to take up a new positi on ?
Yep.
You fell back 100 yards ? Yes, roughly.
And placed your men across the road where there is a high bank on either side ? Yes.
You then had a stretch of stright road in front of you ? about 140 yards.
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Yea,
The road sloping down towards you ? Yes.
The original road had been straightened and the old road formed a
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loop on the right of your position? About 90 yards in front. Then you were taking up that position did you get any further instructione from Mr. King ? Yos, in the event of having to fire
I was to fire low.
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Did he say anything else ? Anything about the number of rounds ? He said only one round. He told me he was going to try to stop the orowd.
Did he give his reasons for firing? No, he only said "If it became necessary."
Mr. King
Ho gave me his
When you had taken up your position the crowd appoaraŭ came with me when I was taking up my now position. instructions and then turned to moet the crowd. Ho had gone half
way to the bend when the crowd appeared,
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