Before reaching Wuhu a number of Japanese planes flew over the ship returning from bomb: wuchang and. Kui but smoke, fires and wrecked buildgs. "A smouldering wreck of a ship lay on the bank. counted immune from the threat Only one human being was sighted fon the "whole length of the city's water front, Below the city we saw the American Mission compound with large hospital apparently intact lig hilltop. Further down are the instellations of the two all companies, also. apparently unharmed. Lying off these" were H.M.S. Capetown and] Scarab.
Where Panay Sank Another stretch of lifeless country ies between Wuhu and Nankin soul or soldier. to be seen. passed the scene of the attack on the USS. Panay and the Standard Oil boats. Nothing was visible to remind tus of that. horrible tragedy, which took place only a week before.
Tt was dark when we sighted Nanking. easily Identified by the numer fous fires blazing and smoking. on both the Nanking and Pukow banks. We were told that they were burning corpses, T was told that 200,000) IChinese were killed In and around that city, the morning we saw the havoc wrought on the. capital—appalling! The Bund was crowded with Japane ese military units. cavalry. artillery fand infantry as busy as ants. Trans port launehies full of soldiers were crossing and recrossing the river and Japanese gunboats, destroyers and a hospital ship tay in the stream, No-ady is allowed to go. ashore in Nanking, that is, other than Japanese From Nanking we were included ina convoy" by H.MLS. Capetown with British women and children on. board, evacuees from Hankow,—On Ballan sleamer—the Yung Kony—we christened the s, Sandro Sandri. in memory of the Hallan newspaper man who lost his life in the attack the USS, Panay, We were fo Towed by two Asiatlé Petroleum Ca, steamers,
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