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Major Maurice Albert Parker:

"Even though we knew we were outnumbered, we asked no quarter and gave no ground. On the 20th, we killed 600 Japs and on the 23rd I got mine, machine gun bullets in both legs. Our boys rallied for a bayonet charge and those Japs who had been able to push into our position were driven out with heavy loss.鈥�
An Official Japanese Broadcast Recorded by B.U.P. on December 19, 1941
"Japanese reports today said that Hong Kong has been in Japanese hands since 11:00 AM Friday. The island was covered by a heavy pall of smoke from fires started by air and artillery bombardment. Earlier, the Japanese Imperial Headquarters claimed that Japanese troops had landed at three points and had stormed a 1,500 foot dominating hill in the center of the island, despite strong British resistance." The report was true.
Japanese military experts were quoted by newspapers as saying that the British batteries were designed for long-range defense and therefore valueless, because the fighting had been at close quarters. This report was also true.

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