CO129-590-23 Situation in Hong Kong 25-4-1905 - 25-4-1905 — Page 185

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BATAVIA allied forcos in netherlands eastindies awaiting next japanese move which will probably be against java fstp some observers think it will take japanese at least fortnight to repair bombed airfields of south sumatra and that enemy will not strike again until these made uscable fstp arrivals from south sumatra front tell stirring tales of bravery of dutch and indonesian troops in face of heavy odds and superior enemy equipment fstp story is told ' of how onesixzero indonesian regulars slaughtered japanese column which outnumbered then two to one fstp traditional indonesian weapon is klewang dash native sword dash and indonesians with gun in loft hand and klowang in right defy japanese armed with tommy guns fatp one small group of indonesian regulars so armed dashed across football- field in face of superior japanese force and wiped out eight enemy machine gunners ALINEA PDE/MS/IB.

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