in a day culminating in tragedy for the British forces, there was little change in the positions of the Chinese and Japanese along the new line to which the former fell back on withdrawing from Chapei.
Japanese spokesmen yesterday concerned themselves with stating that preparations were being made to attack the Chinese'across the Soochow Creek, laying stress on the extraordinary precautions which were being taken to avoid fire on British defence positions, endangered by the proximity of the new Chinese posts.
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