LYING OFF HONG KONG
STRO s'G BRITISH FLEET
London. Aug. 29 A strong force of the British PacificFleet was Iving off Hong Kong to-dav Our aircraft rf t present are dropping messages asking the Japanese commander to get in 'ouch with Rear-Admiral Harcourt aboard H.M.S. Indomitable The British force reached its present
position at dawn to-day. Hellcats were airborne all the morning keeping watch over ships '! Ffcwonnaissance showed little dam- ! a 2t* to Hoi.g Kong and Kowloon naval 'dockyards though the eastern and ; j waterfront positions appeared to have i been hit Six prison camp> appeared : to be deserted when British planes first j flew over, but in a few minutes excited waving crowds emerged
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 80, 31 August 1945, Page 5
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115LYING OFF HONG KONG Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 80, 31 August 1945, Page 5
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