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my binoculars.
It was not the Police Boat, but a strange
one about the same size, with a high bow, and an awning
greyish in colour. I see the :olice Boat nearly every
day and can easily recognize it, in the distance, as it is
the only motor boat in Dee Bay.
Then I first sighted the Motor Boat. it was about
700 or 80 - Chinese feet away.
suspecting that the motor boat was Ja anese, I
started to sail toward: shallow water near 3HA KIU, east of
LAU PAU SĦAN.
As soon as I commenced to turn, the motor boat
started to machine gun my junk, after passing some of the
smaller junks.
i immediately instructed my orew to return the
fire. e opened fire with the 3 rifles from the stern of
my junk. The cannons were not used because the motor boat
was too far away. I fired one of the rifles.
There was a strong breeze which enabled my junk
to sail at a fast speed.
The motor boat followed me for about half an hour,
but did not come closer than 500 Chinese feet, and continued
to fire bursts of machine gun bullets at the junk.
fired between 70 and 80 rounds in return.
on averoaching shallow water the motor boat ceased
fire and turned back towards the mouth of the Bay.
No one was injured on my junk. I did not examine
the whole of my junk afterwards to see if any of the
bullets had struck it or not, but I believe all the rounds
went high, one scored the main must.
The same evening, sometime after 88.00 houre, I
again heard bursts of machine gun fire in the direction of
NIM WAN. I have since heard that a Japanese motor boat fired
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