▁on ▁the ▁police ▁station ▁failed . ▁The ▁attack ers ▁moved ▁north ▁instead ▁of ▁east ▁to ▁liber ate ▁T aw au . ▁G urk has ▁were ▁flow n ▁in , ▁and ▁the ▁fighting ▁was ▁over ▁after ▁a ▁month . ▁Two - third s ▁of ▁the ▁K K O ▁participants ▁were ▁killed ▁or ▁captured ▁and ▁admitted ▁that ▁they ▁had ▁expected ▁the ▁population ▁to ▁rise ▁and ▁gre et ▁them ▁as ▁liber ators . ▁ ▁T AG ▁became ▁properly ▁established ▁based ▁on ▁an ▁inf antry ▁company , ▁mar ines ▁and ▁a ▁Naval ▁Gun fire ▁Observ ation ▁Party ▁from ▁a ▁battery ▁in ▁Hong ▁Kong . ▁They ▁domin ated ▁the ▁area , ▁and ▁included ▁a ▁ra ft - mount ed ▁mort ar . ▁One ▁of ▁their ▁' posts ' ▁was ▁a ▁boat ▁perman ently ▁position ed ▁close ▁to ▁the ▁international ▁border ▁across ▁Wal lace ▁Bay . ▁A ▁mines we eper ▁was ▁usually ▁part ▁of ▁T AG ▁because ▁there ▁were ▁no ▁other ▁naval ▁pat rol ▁boats ▁suitable ▁for ▁coast al ▁use . ▁In ▁the ▁West , ▁the ▁R PK AD ▁Battalion ▁ 2 ▁sent ▁two ▁companies : ▁one ▁par ach uted ▁into ▁N ang abad an ▁while ▁the ▁other ▁dropped ▁further ▁west ▁to ▁Sen an ing . ▁Their ▁task ▁was ▁to ▁pat rol ▁the ▁border , ▁not ▁cross ▁it . ▁Cross - border ▁operations ▁were ▁assigned ▁to ▁ 3 2 8 ▁Ra ider ▁Battalion , ▁who ▁arrived ▁in ▁October , ▁working ▁with ▁T N K U ▁rem n ants ▁and ▁dis gu ising ▁themselves ▁as ▁T N K U .