On the other hand, while in formation, the Grenadiers did not so much as whisper, to each other even while standing aí ease, They twisted their necks at times on the Bund to see where the shooting was going on and to watch the Japanese bombers in action; but the general impression given spectators was of rigorous discipline.
No striking changes during the last few days along the Whangpoo River or in the Woosung area were observed by a "North China Daily News" reporter who went down with the evacuees and returned with the troops. Japanese troops, horses, supplies, cars, ete, were seen moving leisurely along the western bank. None of the men was wearing tin helmets, Japanese ships lined the horizon and dotted the foreground beyond the Woosung breakwaters. Cruisers, destroyers, and transports were there in large numbers and moving up and down the Yangtze a good deal.
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