Shanghai, Nov. 1.
HE terrific concussion of -4-inch shells fired at almost point blank' range into concrete walls, the sharp crack of rifles, the dull thud and momentary flash of hand-grenades, the awe-inspiring sudden flash of steel projectiles tearing their deadly way through the bull 1g; the staccato chatter of heavy machineguns, the "dot-dot-dot" of tracer bullets, and finally the blood-red glow of fire in an upper storey—that was the drama which rapidly unfolded before the very eyes of dozens of foreigners and Chinese who crowded to window-ledge and roof-top to watch the battle for the Joint Savings bank godowns in North Soochow Road from midnight to 2 a.m. yesterday.
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