DRAMATIC ESCAPE.
FLIGHT FROM HONG KONG
(Rec. 10.50 a.m.) RUGJBY, Jan. 1. Details of the dramatic escape from Hong Kong on Christmas Day of a party of Britons and Chinese led by the "one-legged Chinese Vice-Admiral-Chang have been broadcast by the Chungking radio. Both Chang and a Scot named MacDougall were wounded but. thanks to being expert swimmers, they managed to keep afloat. After swimming for two hours they reached a small island where they were rescued by another speedboat belonging to the party. On Boxing Day the survivors arrived at Namo, on the eastern corner of Mirs Bay, where they hurriedly destroyed the remaining speedboats in order to leave no trace. The radio stated that the party succeeded in beating off an attack by the Japanese, several enemy vessels being sunk.—Official Wireless.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LXII, Issue 28, 2 January 1942, Page 5
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