CO129-585-1 Sino-Japanese conflict- attacks on shipping 25-1-1940 - 2-10-1940 — Page 266

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Honourable colomial Secretary

1. I submit the report of an attack by uniden-

tified Japanese motor boat on Fishing Junk No.2823 H.D.

which cocurred at about 03.00 hours on 25th Gotober,

1339, in Deep Bay, British water

2. The presence of a strange motor vessel was

first observed in British waters at about 21.00 hours

on 24th October, 1939, when the master of a fishing junk

No.2246 A.D. stationed off Lau Fau than observed a

strange motor vessel approaching from the direction of

Lin Tin Island. He is well acquainted with No.11

Folice Motor Boat, and suspecting that the strange vessel

was Japanese, he started to make for shallow water.

The strange vessel opened fire with a machine gun, and

the crew of 2946 A.D. replied with rifle fire. No

injury to persons on this fishing junk was sustained, and

the strange vessel turned back on reaching shallow

water.

3. At about 03.00 hours on 25th cotober, 1939,

Fishing Junk 2323 H.D. was in a position approximately

1 miles N. v. of cha Fong kiu, British territory.

Visibility was very good, there being a moon. The

master and some of his crew were engaged in fishing when

a motor vessel was observed approaching astern of the

junk. The vessel, which was seen to be flying the

Japanese flag, commenced firing with a machine gun.

The masterang Put then called for his arms to be handed

up, and it was while engaged in doing this that a girl,

ang to aged 17, received a wound in the right buttock

from a bullet which evidently penetrated the starboard

side of the junk aft and rebounded off a bulkhead.

4. The master and his brother in the meantime

fired 4 rounds at the Japanese motor vessel, and then

discharged/