Wong Nai Chung Gap

alternative Wong Nei Chung Gap

1. A hill pass in Eastern district, Hong Kong.

   Moving southward along Sir Cecil's Ride, the 230 Rgt. unwittingly went straight into Wong Nai Chung Gap.

   2014 July 1, Kwong Chi Man, Tsoi Yiu Lun, Eastern Fortress: A Military History of Hong Kong, 1840–1970, Hong Kong University Press, →ISBN, page 198

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   Things had not been going well, to put it mildly. The Japanese had captured Wong Nai Chung Gap, were in command of Jardine’s Lookout and held virtually all the rest of Hong Kong Island to the east.

   1985, Martin Booth, “Christmas 1941”, in Hiroshima Joe, 1st American edition, The Atlantic Monthly Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 79

   Adam had slammed down the telephone receiver and immediately given the order to abandon their position. Brigade Headquarters was at the Wong Nei Chung Gap, and the gap stood on high ground in the virtual centre of the island. If it fell into the hands of the Japanese, then they would have achieved a terrible tactical advantage.

   [1988, Margaret Pemberton, chapter 12, in The Last Goodbye, Severn House, published 2007, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 200

   The Japanese intended to slice through the Wong Nai Chung Gap to Repulse Bay and cut Hong Kong Island, and the British defences, in half.

   2013 September 2, Mark Felton, “Christmas in Hell”, in China Station: The British Military in the Middle Kingdom 1839-1997, Pen and Sword, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 133

   Brigadier John K. Lawson's bunker on the west side of Wong Nai Chung Gap that the West Brigade used as headquarters. Brigadier Lawson and three of his men were hit by machine-gun fire escaping from the bunker on Dec. 19, 1941.

   2016 December 23, Lam Yik Fei, “World - Image”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 19 Apr 2023

   Wong Nai Chung Gap was a saddle through which the main road running north–south passed through the line of hills on the Island. On the north side of the gap there was a steep valley.

   2019 July 15, Philip Cracknell, Battle for Hong Kong, December 1941, Amberley Publishing Limited, →ISBN