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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, MAY 28, 1949.

AMERICAN

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ANOTHER AIR-LIFT

World Cepyright. Be arrangement with Eroning Standard.

Continuing extracts from 'THE WOODEN HORSE' the greatest oscape story of modern timos

We kill the last sentry between us and freedom

Peter Howard and John Clinton are nearing the end of the long, hazardous journey which began when they tunnelled their way out of the German prison camp Stalag Luft III.

They reached Stettin, on the Baltic, and there .contacted. Sigmund, a member of the Danish resistance movement. He smuggled them aboard a ship, captained by one Petersen, who landed them secretly in Denmark.

They are now in German-occupied Copenhagen, again waiting to meet Petersen, whose ship is due to carry them on to neutral Sweden. It is late October. 1943.

by ERIC WILLIAMS,

M.C.

who is the 'Pater Howard' of the story. John Clinton

is in road to Michael Codner, M.C.

T

HEY had their lunch in seat in a small private room at

large cafo in the the back of the cafe.

a

Ahead the

He had stopped dead. they could see a break in trees where the gorge was, und the outline of the bridge.

"We'll croep along in the diteb," Peter whispered.

"While

you fix the sentry I will go to the boats," Sigmund told them. "When you have killed him, cross the bridge and I will be waiting for you. Be silent."

THE

AT BRIDGE See their man

HEY climbed into the ditch

and

the crept towards bridge..

The ditch ended shart of the bridge and a steel railing took its place, naked in the moon- light and without cover.

the ditch and attract his atten-

DENMARKS

"COPENHAGEN'

❤ Hamburg

:

| QÖTEKORO

GERMANY

SWEDEN

STETT!

COLDSTREAMERS LOST IN THE MALAYAN JUNGLE

*

By SYDNEY REDWOOD

★

In

RAMATIC details have force their way homewards then just come to hand so they continued eastwards, describing the epic struggle and as dusk began to settle they

hastily built a rude lean-to of five men of the 2nd Cold- which to spend the night, after stream Guards who got lost selecting a spot which afforded in the jungle in Malaya,

On Sunday night the five wandered for eight days Coldstreamers were probably 10 without food and with ter- miles from their base. As they

maximum cover.

IMPORTANT NOTICE

To the PEOPLE

100

of HONGKONG

SIDE !!

Beginning Sunday Night, May 29 all Bible Lectures will be given at 6.30 p.m. on the Hongkong Side at the MEMORIAL CHURCH-18, Ventris Rd. (near the Race Course). On the Kowloon Side at 8.30 p.m. at the BIBLE AUDITORIUM- rorists pursuing them (of lay on the ground they Could Chatham & Mody Roads.

hear the prowling terrorists in whom they

shot two) the jungle. They felt the cold managed at last to get safe that night in no uncertain man- ly back when search parties, mor, as they had been alded by planes of the RAF, wet from midday. had almost given up all hope.

soaking

again, and they carried on cast- Early on Monday they set off wards till 11.30 when they were The men belonged to 16 halted by a fallen tree trunk. man Knowles was on

Platoon of No. Comp. Guardsman

They were being followed.

Their leader WBS J. Gulston, 22 years of age, who sentry, and telling this part of hells from Welling, Kent. The the

the the story; he said: "Tanw. ter-

others were

Guardsmen Ken- rorists advancing in extended or-

neth Inglis (aged 19) of Stoke der, stealthily creeping Lowards

John us. London: Newington,

to We were ready

we were reUL

give Knowles (10) Freshford near them a warm reception, and Bath: Albert Crisp (18) of when ten yards away I picked Sheffield; and Frederick Thorpe my man. He fell dead. Another of Halton Moor Estate, was wounded by n colleague Leeds

firing from my right alde. All One Saturday morning In the remaining terrorists fled." April,

set off as a patrol they to discover where * cortain track, which started about hall a mile from their tactical base, led. I was north of what is known there as the Cameron Highlands, a deadly and only semi-cxplored region.

SHOT BETWEEN EYES That was the sole occasion they came into the open, but after their hot reception they did not dare to face the five guardmen face to face.

in

On searching the dead ler- rorist it was seen he had been LIGHTLY EQUIPPED

shot between the eyes. He was They were very lightly equip armed with a Japanese pistol grenades, and he ped-customary for short recon- and two naissance patrols. The sergeant carried a message written

Chinese

and Л bottle of wore a belt. carried a map and compass, 1w0

mepherin tablets. grenades, .M machette and a sten with four Only a few minutes later the magazines, in all 100 rounds. Guardsmen, once again on the The

belts men hnd

and move, feeling very hungry and machettes and two carried a tired met a foe with whom they

rifle with 50 rounds each and did not attempt to try conclu-

two stens, one with three maga- slons. zines, the other four. Between

a box

A huge cobra sat up fangs

them.

ever been of ter-

and staring towards them they had not more than bared half

Thorpe was in the lead of matches. After moving off they arrived and spotted it first; and he ad- at part of the jungle where it mits he was more scared of him had been cleared. Suddenly, than he has terrorists fired at them. Por rorists. The sibly it was in ar effort to scare detour. And the

then the sound of search- the soldiers away

ing aircraft could be heard,

area.

from

five men made a

a

have been

and let

Im- the

"We got down and returned. Without matches to light the fire, and moving round to fire and being followed by ter-

roriste--it would their flank tried to renew con- KISTAIN

superior position, recklessly foolhardy, and tact from a

to try possible and at the same time full aerial eyes learn of their where- role of a recommaissance patrol abouts. But It was a cruel dis- related Sergeant Gulston, went on to say that as the patrol appointment. moved round to terrorists, countermaiched the patrol's in-

Berlin O

FRANKFORT

0

KOO STALAS LEFT TIL

The escape route from Stalag Luft IIL

50

who

the east of the

the

terrorists

tentions and cut it from the

the

HUNGRY PATROL'

On Monday night the hungry

direct line back to the base. The patrof slept under large leaves patrol kept together and moved at the alte of a destroyed basha camp. They had covered about away several miles, keeping the four miles that day. It rained terrorists away from them.

most of the night, and the Лve As evening stole down, huddled together for what ite Ave men took it in turns

but could gain, warmth they sentry; they heard movements none slept owing to the cold.

nothing to worry about. On Tuesday morning they They got up at a quarter to

moved

off at first light, intend- abx, determined to move a few

ing to change direction from an miles further cast to climb

castern course to north after a big hill and from there take

couple of hours' marching, and

John put his mouth close to centre of Copenhagen. The room was divided from Peler's car. "I'll go back along It was crowded. They were the front of the cafe by a bead tlon. I'll try to get his back to handed menu cards as large curtain and Peter ut so that he you, and you hit him."

could see through the curtain "O.K."

He was fighting for his life. as foolscap and ate oysters, into the cafe.

WAS mad. Puter

He John crept back. chicken, and ice cream.

When he And If any soldiers come in nind

sentry fought in a cold fury, his whole gigantic While-they-ate-a dance Petersen starts talking English was out of sight of the

I'll knock him out, he thought-ho got up on to the rond_and_strength going in one band played English dance to measured the

slowly to walked distance

towards the effort to stop the man from cry--

ing out. turies and the crooner sang Petersen's jaw and decided

on bridge. the words in English. But the exnet spot to hit him. all the time they were ner- A woman brought glosses of vous. There were German beer. Petersen abandoned his middle of the road and stagger- he felt him getting away. Then hearing west to lead them back then return on a parallel roule soldiers sitting round them wife for the

and they could not talk.

Then they went 10 miect Petersen.

As they were walking into the dock aren they heard a muffled cxplosion.

fell asleep.

beer. Soon

he

GETAWAY By small boat

CIGMUND went down to

"Do you hear?" said Sigmund. dncks to arrange for their "Yes. What was it?"

"Sabotage."

"How do you know!"

"That was the power station.

We had arranged to blow it up

today"

He came

It

within sight of the His fingers slipped from the entry, walking slowly in the sweat on the man's neck, and

he was at the neck again. Ing slightly as he walked.

He felt the man's hands, tear- ing at his face, his heels drum- ming on the metal of the road. He was on top of the man his now, sliting astride him, fingers on his windpipe, press ing, pressing....

•

"Halt? Who goes there?" was the sentry's challenge.

"Help" John sald, staggering, with his hand to his side.

Peter, in the ditch, saw the tho the sentry bring hle rifle to

ready and take a step forward. "Who goes there?" he repeat- ed.

John staggered on until he the was

where Peter opposite

the

embarkation. He returned with bad news.

"The Jerrics are in

"There sold, docks, he special caution because of the

la crouched in

THE BODY.. Sprawled in road

man's struggles grow weaker. His face swelled and

ditch. The THE

Then they saw Petersen. Even rescue of Mr Olsen (head of the Gentry took another step for- Peter felt the body grow slack

from a distance they could see Danish

woman Copenhagen. As soon as he saw them be began to ahout. "Hoy Peter!"

He came towards them shout- ing in English and 'waving his

arms.

"We are to take a small boat from a village a few miles from here."

"Oh, hell!" Peter said. "Sig- sen?" Peter asked. Petersen and ward. The sentry was standing

mund

can't

you

keep him

-quiet?"

"I will go to talk with him,”? Sigmund said,

They saw him stop in front of Petersen and reason with him.

They saw Petersen fling his Sigmund's free arm round shoulders and the three of them "walk up the road

"What shall we do with Peter-

his wife were sleeping.

"Leave him,"

Peter.

THE FIGHT Struggle for life

but

to their starting position. The about five miles from their out- map they carried did not in ward direction.

clude the ground which they The party really thought they covered after Sunday morning.

Before they got to the hill were free of terrorists trailing them when they heard the un- they know they were being fol mis

mistakable

of men follow- noise lowed, so they changed their ins

•Inf

them. "Wa

caught Intention and headed east still glimpse of them about one hun farther. "Our eyes were glued fred

yards

rear.

to-a

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ON

THE EVE A OF R

EARTH'S

LAST

BATTLE!

WHEN?

WHO?

WHERE?

WILL IT. BE FOUGHT?

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of

away in in all directions," said Guards un which was

Jungle,

very thin at the this man Thorpe, who was in

point," said their leader. He went on to say: "In the first UP THE STREAM party there was a man with a

blue jacket, and he

he was absent About nine o'clock on Sun-

when we caught sight of them day morning they went up 14 ward,

on Wednesday, and in this party and without resistance. He sat

stream, stopping for a rest at there was a man with a clean Resistance]. I have "Help!" John groaned. He, there for some time, pressing

about 10.30. Quietly they rest- khaki drill suit without footwear though he was drunk. He was reeling been told to take you away from sank to his knees as

hla thumbs into the man's neck.

ed for a quarter of an hour. along and there was a

was not in the first party." exhausted.

who Then he relaxed. He got to

Suddenly a terrorist appeared

That night they built a lean- enpporting him.

The sentry walked slowly to-

him with his rifle, his feet. His

from behind. knees wards

were

rock, creeping

very crude one indeed- bayonet Äxed, in

the forward In the direction front of his trembling The body of the

and somehow the long hours body:

soldiers had taken. Wearing sentry sprawled in the road.

darkness passed. All night, John moaned and fell for- John lay where he had fallen five-pointed star on his cap and time weighed heavily on them.

'sten and two On Wednesday, the five were His hair was matted with dark carrying a over him now, his back towards blood. Peter loosened his collar grenades, he had only a split holding their empty bellies and

and lifted him to a sitting post second to see the Coldstreamers at mid-day

they stepped in what before he was dead. The Ser was probably He tion. This is it, Peter thought.

D disused ter- geant saw him first when they rolls They walked up into the scrambled from the ditch, silp-

John moaned, opened his

when, rom

camp. The terrorists town, where Sigmund bought ping as he sprang.

eyes, and put his hands to his were only five yards apart. were not heard on Wednesday, tickets for the electric rall-

head.

fired and killed him with one and with a hot sun at midday silently

their they sat

round," the sergeant said. "And which dried

clothes "What happened?" way, and

following properly for the Arst time since watching the Danish country-

"He hit you on the head with then other terrorists his rillo,

after- Peter said. "I killed the dead man could be heard the previous Saturday alde...

climbing the rocks out of the him."

noon, so their spirits rose. All stream." "The place where we are go-

He helped John to his feet

to get a little sleep. Rrenade

We managed In that instant John threw and they walked slowly across thrown in their direction by the that night. with the weaving of Petersen's ing is on an island, Sigmund. I la sentry heard him, turned.

told them. The island is ap-- himself at the man's knees.

the bridge towards the boats.

patrol leader and the intrepid Hoy

The sentry rolsed his rifle and There was Sigmund standing by ho called. proached by a bridge.. On the

five intent on getting their

FAMILIAR LANDMARKS "Come here! You meet my wife, bridge there may be a sentry, clubbed down at Jolin's head as one of them.

man despite heavy odds went him They pushed the boat out and unstream about 100 yards and Sergeant Gulstors said that as eh? We all have a drink, then I shall not be much use because Peter's sandbag caught I take you on board. I fix the of my hand he had been across the shoulders. The sock

clambered aboard.

laid in ambush.

usual they started off early, the goddamn devils."

Sigmund.. told It hit the sentry equally them. "You got

"It was eerie to hear the ter next morning; and despite any decided 18 Peter hurried, forward' and the sentry."

across the rim of his helmet and the lie in the bottom." spoke to Pelersen: "For heaven's

the bamboo trees, aald Guards- press westwards Peter looked at John.. All the collar of his coot. enko shut up or I'll hit you!"

They holsted the sail, Thero

Crisp. And the others ed their tracks of the Wednes the time they had been escap- Peter flung himself forward, was a light off-shore .wind

and on Thursday"; night day, agreed. Ing they had avoided violence, clutching the sentry round the which heeled the boat over as

slept on the rocks by the river No escaping prisoner used neck and bringing him crash Sigmund

tacked a

along the

THROUGH BAMBOOS bank. The hours, seemed inter- violence unless he was within ing down on top of them. sight of freedom... The stake. He wriggled from under the Peter lay in the bottom smell-

The five remained silently in minable but the very fact of seeing familiar landmarks kept was too high,

German, and wont for

ing the strong smell of dish and their simbush position for a can their spirita sip. throat, clutching and tearing at salt water and listening to the siderable time, and then they the high collar of the German sound of the low waves slap- moved off stealthily through the All agreed that that Thursday funto. He was mad now, he ping against the sides. They bamboos further east as the ter- they would have given anything wanted to get at the throat to would be in Sweden by the

welling

rorists were on their west side for an ordinary bully beef sand- stide the cry that was

morning.

and But no precautions were relax with. There was no intention in the German's throat...

Two days later. Peter

every flank was covered by the patrol splitting up or any one of the Coldstreamers. And olig

progress,

Poler"

staggering

STREET SCENE Refuge in cafe

WAS

wounded). You must deal with was too big, too full of earth. "I will steel the sail up and rorists all round us tapping on 'opposition, the aimer:

TETERSEN flung his arm round Peter's neck. "You

"How are you fixed for Com wouldn't hit old Patersen? You wouldn't hit old Petersen, who mando work?" he asked. 'helped you out of Germany?!!

"Tii clock you if you don't shut up," Peter repeated,

drink," "Come and have a

Petersen, insisted.

big

shore,

of the Bettiah Consul at Gote-

"I did the old battle course," John sald.We'll manage all right. We'll use a sock."

They left the train at a way- ile got his fingers round the John wero, aliting in the office side slation and set out for the man's neck, but it was a bridge. Each took off one sock neck, fleshy, and he could not borg.. and Alled It, gravel from feel the windpipe.

and The German grunted the road.e

They walked on without groped wildly for his revolver, They followed the three down speaking, their feel brushing up kicking hard with his three- the, street and when Petersen, tad dead leaves and stirring the quarter boots and clawing at Musturned into a cafe thay, followed sweet odours of lain autumn! Peter's face with his· Onger.

nails. sing. Inzin They allegation a Jong Thore })" Sigmund said.

This is awfull' John sald.

We'd better follow them,"

"Péter v told himp a dose that

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