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available for anything at any tina. "his state hai
continued until now.
zo hark back. When the shooting started
there was a wild rush of non-combatants to thefront Band.
Our motor boats, American boats and Japanas boată, were
fully occupied for an hour and more in taking these
people off to their own ships or Henam. In our case none
were brought altard gunboats, but were taken to anywhere
also they wnted to go to.
on the 24th, there was an alaru at noon
owing to a suspicious rush for oever on the part of the
ooolies ate. down at our corner. Te went to Stations for
about ten mimtes and then fell out an nothing happened.
From 1400 to 1600 we again stood to and I raised steem in
all gunboats on a strong rumour of a violent attack being
No thing happened.
imminent.
On the afternoon of the 26th it esme on to
blow hard and as I had very little clearance from a low
and an enemy shore (about 40 yards) I proceeded and anchored
of Hanam Epit for the night, beving arranged with the
Japanese Destroyer to put his searchlight on the corner in
the event of an alarm.
Returned to my place on Saturday.
I should like to place on record my thanks
to the American ships for their unfailing courtesy má
assistancë. V.5.8. "ASHVILLE” suṛplied twelve stokara to
the "HONA?" without which she could not have sailed with
refugees.
"ASHVILLE" also supplied our gunboaté with
100 lbw. of bread a day when we were temporarily out off
from supplies. U.8.8. "HILIMA" were very good in the
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