Fire Which Drove Troops Out' of Houses is Eye-opener Sept. 13 were routed by yesterday Royal Welch Fusiliers hold ing an outpost on the opposite sid of the road were interested specul {ors of the next move, for the Seitle-[ment seemed to be. the natural Avenue to safety. Seconds later Fow of shop shutters came. down with 'a clatter exposing a nest machine-guns, Unmanned, they point fed. at the British sector and their fxesence bad. been completely Known, Interest turned to surprised apprehension. Comoatants and pon combatants had a short parley and then the Chinese retreated by way alley-ways in to their own Yer Fitory. According to them they hed been' smoked out by "bad Chinese; meaning. traitors.
"Thig happened shortly after one o'clock. "The fire burnt about ten houses' in Chinese territory on the north side of Kuhn Road and then Epread towards the Settlement. The Blaze jumped the Seitlement boundsry and destroyed about three more houses before being extinguished by the Central Station firemen.
twas Feported from the French [Concession boundary that the Chinin Nantao and the Chinese City had been preparing trenches which {faced the Concession defences, This was due. apparently, to the mistaken [dea that Fapanese weep, would allowed: to make their way through the foreign areas,
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