Japanese Planes' Attack on Wounded Soldiers are now fighting are ideal, according to the commander. He recalled that while trailing bandits, he and A Red Cross train conveying Chinese wounded soldiers and ® refugee ditas Sy Japanese aeroplanes at tha by Japanese es Kashan station on {he Shanghai-Hangchow railway at 8.30 a.m. yesterday, resulting in over 40 refugees and wounded soldiers killed and, injured, 1 ae announéad by tie Chinese authorities yesterday. H wounded soldiers, according to the Chinese communique, bore conspictious red cross insignia on the top and both sides of the coaches. Although bombs were dropped by Japanese pianes with the train as their objective, no direct hit was made.
Shortly before the attack, a refugee
halted outside the outer home si train also arrived at the place. of the station, when the planes swooped down in their attack. A group of refugees and those wounded soldiers who managed io get out of the trains, were subjected to macbinegun fire, resulting in the heavy casualties.
In Shanghai, Japanese aeroplanes were less active yesterday., Owy a few but large bombs were dropped at Pootung and Chapei during the morning.
At 930 am., seven Japanese planes few over district and dropped five bombs, one of which destroyed the bridge over the Soochow Creek back of the Rubicon village.
At 2 pum, six planes flew over Pootung to make observations, it was reported. Although no bomb was dropped, the ife people were freely machine-gunned, according to a Chinese official report.
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