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walked round the village about 19.00 hours when he returned and had an excellent Chinese dinner provided by the Colonel.
About 20.00 hours his informera began to return. From them it was learned that a well known pirate named Chan Shui Wai and other bad characters were living in certain houses in Fan Lo Kong Market which is situated about two miles
from Nim Shan Market where we were.
It was then decided to raid Fan Lo Kong Village( about 10,000 inhabitants) at dawn next morning 20th January, 1925, and that we would leave at 05.00 hours, and after posting sentries at the gates in the village and at cross roads near the area in which the suspect houses were, they would proceed direct to the houses which were to be raided.
About 22.00 hours I received a note from the remainder of the party on board saying that the junk sent for them had arrived about 17.00 houre, but that they were not coming ashore till they knew our further plans. Inspector Pincott Mr.Neal and I then tried to get some sleep, and we were called at 05.00 hours. On going outside the house we found about 100 soldiers fallen in ready for the march. We then learned that Colonel Wong Fuk Chi was not to accompany us and that we were to be in charge of his friend who had come up from Hongkong with us.
The troops moved off in complete silence and maintained complete silence during the march. Their discipline was excellent, and no one spoke or even smoked, and they all seemed to realize that silence was necessary to effect a surprise.
The march lasted about 40 minutes and we arrived at Fan Lo Kong Village at about 06.10 hours. The troope then split up into several small parties of 3-10 men and went round the outside wall in either direction, to occupy the
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