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Right away the English cruiser ‘’Minotaur’’ and a Japanese cruiser set sail and towards evening one could observe from the Gulle [?] Face Hotel the lightning and the thunder from cannons. The next morning, at the same hotel, a large amount of beds were commandeered, but were not used in the end. It’s possible, as some claim, that the Japanese mistook the ‘’Minotaur’’ with its 4 chimneys for the ‘’Emden’’ and sank it. The truth will likely not be known until after the war, but it’s striking that no-one has ever heard of the ‘’Minotaur’’ again.
15/8/1915. Hurrah! Our wish has become reality and most of us Singapore people will go to Trial Bay. All up there are about 200 of us, and except for a few [indecipherable], cooks and first-aid men, we are all merchants and plantation owners from East Asia. At the very least we are finally getting away from this horrible camp! Despite the continued discipline and unity among all us internees, further strike action cannot be ruled out, which none of us