Junks making one of the second lines of defence for the boom opposite Nantao were set on fire by the Japanese yesterday morning and in the middle of the afternoon began to drift before the strong wind across the river on to the French Concession Bund, as their moorings were demolished by the flames. the flaming vessels slowly crossed the river, missing a loaded oil lighter by feet, and causing the two small Japanese gunboats anchored nearby hurriedly to shift out of their way, the fire-float Poochi arrived, and, by
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