Against these Chineso_ movements was the Japanese situation. Five mote destroyers arrived in port and the transport Shiritoko, with 1,000 bluejackets on board to reinforce the Landing Party, arrived yesterday morning. A piquant development during the afternoon was the depar-{ure of the four cruisers and other vessels to points farther down river, Dut as communications with Woosuni were interrupted it was Impossible to ascertain the destination. One report received during the day was that two aeroplanes, believed to be Japanese, were sighted over Kiongwan. They" were described as single sealer biplanes of the scouting type each with a single float.
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