Middle Gap
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- A mountain pass in Wan Chai district, Hong Kong
- 1957, Stanley Woodburn Kirby, The War Against Japan: The loss of Singapore[1], page 137:
- While moving there they came under heavy fire from Doi's men on the hill and had to be withdrawn to Middle Gap, where they spent the night exposed to pouring rain and a cold wind – a cheerless prelude to a dawn attack.
- 1997 June 1, “The secret sites of an underground war”, in South China Morning Post[2], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 03 March 2024:
- The Japanese tunnels were crude, carved out of the hills. Mr Bruce said one could be found along the path running from Middle Gap to Middle Gap Road, another on a path near Queen Mary Hospital.
- 2013 April 4, Steven Griffiths, In Gwan-Dai's Name, Hachette UK, →ISBN:
- The vehicle had been boosted from the public car park up at Middle Gap on the Peak of Hong Kong Island and kept out of sight in a lock-up garage in Kennedy Town until darkness fell.
- 2019 July 15, Philip Cracknell, Battle for Hong Kong, December 1941, Amberley Publishing Limited, →ISBN:
- Middle Gap is about halfway along Black's Link. It is the gap between Mount Cameron on the right and Mount Nicholson on the left. After passing Middle Gap, the righthand side of the track opens up while the left-hand side is protected by the slopes of Mount Nicholson.