Shanghai, Oct. 5.
High praise was bestowed yesterday by the Japanese military authorities on a young Chinese officer, who, re~ fusing to beat retreat with his unit, courageously met death.
Hard pressed by the Japanese, Chinese troops In the village of Yanghiatsun, on the Lotien front, began fo retreat. 'The officer, however, refused to abandon his position. 'Armed with' a hand-grenade, Ball Pitcher Dies As Grenade Hurler Shanghai, Oct. 4.
When the war began, Matsu-more quit hurling baseballs, He had made several trips to Shang-hal as an outstanding pitcher of the Golden Dolphins from No. soya and his prowess made him baseball idol for young Japan. Recently he came back to Shanghai, but wearing a. steel helmet instead of a baseball cap and to throw hand grenades not base alls. His powerful right arm made him very useful to advancing Japanese infantry for where the average soldier could throw a grenade forly to fifty metres, Matsumoto could hurl one seventy to eighty metres and with all the aceursey that had previously enabled him to bale Shanghai Batters on the field of sport.
Lately in the war-torn Liuhong area Matsumoto's pitching arm had been making things sad for Chinese machine gun nests. His valuable ability kept him in the front lines and it was not long Before he was badly wounded: Despite his injuries, he continued to hurl explosives with deadly accuracy, Yesterday it was learnt that he had died. launched a one-man attack on the: advancing Japanese soldiers.
Before he had time to throw his! death-dealing missile, he was shot dead, Impressed by his valour, 0 Sapanese officer yesterday told news papermen here, the Japanese soldiers buried him with the honour due to) the courageous.
On the officer's: body were found documents identifying him as Captain Kiang Yun, Commander of the Fourth Company of the 40ist Regiment of the Sixty-Seventh Division. persons were injured by shells burst-sin Elgin Road.
At 355 am. yesterday an aeroplane was heard at" a high altitude and several shels were @red at it by Japanese warships, Additional Japanese artillery units, numbering, over 500 men strong and several heavy and light artillery The fresh units were transported to Shanghai from Japan aboard two transports. the Singapore Maru. and the Toan Maru, according to Chinese reports.
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