Communis, firing on gunboats and steamers on the Yangtze river is so ordinary an occurrence now: days that confusion in conversi tion is difficult to avoid. This is a conversation exchanged between two naval officers.
First officer, newcomer to Shanghai and a keen sportsman, o gun boat commander just returned from up-river:
"What is the shooting like on the 2 Good?"
'Oh, fairly, They turned some artillery on us near Wusueh, and we had quite a lot of rifle fire from the Communists near Split Hill, but nothing really serious to talk about,'
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