Kuala Kangsar, Perak

Three strong Japanese battalions were advancing down the road from Sumpitan and approaching Lenggong. On the morning of December 20th, Captain Bal Hendry’s A Company, Argyll and Souther Highlanders, was instructed to ambush and delay the advancing Japanese. At dawn on December 20th the first successful ambush was made. [1] The Moon Over Malaya, p116.