4|Foreign Observer Eye-witness to Jessfield Attack Shanghai, Oct, 28.
"It 1 saw twenty refugees mowed down, 1 saw at least two hundred," a foreigner who visited the Jessfield area yesterday morning told the "North-China Daily News." Armed with a movie camera, he visited the istrict around Jessfield Park in the malddle of the morning and saw more fights than he had room on his film to take, he said, "There wore at least twenty planes in the alr at times," he said, "and they were diving and bombing heavily along Chungshan Rond, both sides of Jessfield Rond, and flying very near the British outposts on more than. one occasion.
"Apparently alarmed at the blow-{ing up of the Chungshan Road bridge, a large number of refugees from the district around began to enter the Settlement from an carly hour, JHundreds of them were pouring along Brenan Road towards the Brltish outposts near the railway.
"Soon after I reached a vantage [point near the scone, the Japanest Planes started to bomb the raitwa carriages near the station there, as well as the various mills. They were big silver-coloured monoplanes, and got a number of good pictures, Three Planes "then, to my horror, three planes started fo machine-gun the fleeing re= fugees. 1 saw the planes quite distinetly—one was a seaplane, similar to the type carried by the Idzumo, while the other two were small fight Ing craft. They dived repeatedly at the crowds who fled and scattered. estimate that at least 200 were Killed 'oF wounded, "There were probably many more, some of them still lying out there. saw six ambulance Toads taken away, and a large number of others, wounds ed to various degrees, stumbled into the Settlement or were helped slong by others to safety.
He described the scone in the sector fas amounting almost to confusion at times, for not only were a large number of refugees trying to enter the Settlement but others wore trying to leave, While those secking sane~ ruary were allowed to pass, he raid, none were allowed to Ienve in the die rection of the Chinese lines, This occurred between 10 am. and noon, he concluded, at which time two extremely well-built trenches. faci northwards, had not been occupied by the Chinese. One trench was on the north bank of the creek, the other on the south.
Shortly before 3 p.m. yesterday, a small party. of British officers and foreign civilians was fired at near the Jessfield Railway Bridge by machino-Buns from the north bank of the reek, but they managed to escape. number of Chinese refugees on the northern bank were also fired at and hit in the back by the machine-tuns.
Late yesterday afternoon scores of refugees of the farmer type wore.still pouring Into the Settlement from the Hungjao district,
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