translate English to French: One, directed against positions on the south slope of Mount Cameron about 9:30 p.m., was beaten off after severe fighting.254 About midnight on Christmas Eve a Japanese attack estimated as about two companies in strength pushed one platoon out of its position in the Bennet's Hill area, but another platoon and the sailors held their ground tenaciously and drove the enemy back.255
A l'expiration de ce délai, à midi, l'ennemi attaqua immédiatement et fit des progrès rapides le long de la côte nord. Le mont Parish tomba, les Japonais franchirent le col Wan-Chi et se trouvaient dorénavant très près du