The Archive · 1932

More Japanese Troops

Transports Land Further Forces at Livho Ordered to relieve the marine units forming part of the extreme right of the Japanese army and the naval men who participated in the capture of the Woosung fortified nother large force of Japa est infantry and dismounted mil tary organisations were discmbarked from six converted transports near Liuho yesterday morning. At the same time, another contingent Jof, approximately 2,000 Japanese Soldiers were brought to the Wen-tso pang Railway Station base, near the mouth of the Whangpoo River, from the Imperial naval, squadron lying off in the Yangtze delta, With the Woosung area and village now entirely cleared of any hostile Chinese detachments, the Japanese marines immediately were relieved of their shore-side duties Jand by nightfall yesterday wore back aboard their ships in Shanghai harbour and other points in. the Whangpoo and Yanetze rivers. The contingent which landed near Liuho, believed to comprise at least several brigades of the Imperial army" to: talling 8,000 men, moved off inland in the direction of Kiating: as soon jax their reorganization was completed.

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