At about 3.20 pin. on October 24, the Foreign Secretary said, a party of civilians, including "British and United States nationals, while riding outside the International Settlement but inside the section of the defence perimeter for which British troops fre responsible, were _miachinegunned by a Japanese aeroplane. The party took cover in a British military, post just within the peri meter. The aeroplane circled round and made a direct attack" on the post with machine-gun fire.
The attack, the Foreign Secretaiy declared, was repeated three Umes. "Rifleman McGowan, of the Royal Ulster Rites, was hit and, T deeply regret to say, died sharily afler~
Three horses, Mr. Eden continued, were also xilled, and only by great good fortune did the remainder of "Keswick Road Incident"
Shanghai, Oct, 29.
Lying fai_on his stomach in his vegetable garden yesterday, Mr. A, V. White was the unwilling witness "to what he described as the "most exciting thing that's happened in my life." 'Phe ground under him trembled and his House, 541 Macleod Road, suffered ashe' watched 25 Japanese warplanes attack the area, saw powerediving almost directly above his head as twenty bombs crashed along both sides of the road and then a-plane crash in flanes throwing out a pilot who dropped 1,500 fect to earth under a billowing parachute. The whole scene lasted from 230 until 3pm, 'A few rifle shots had been fred at the raiders anda machine gun, mounted at the corner of Mungjao land Macleod Roads, chatteved for while, but no real anti-alveratt. gunk were used.
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