(Delayed tu transit)
Chowsun, March 3.
Two pathetic and foolish attempts to retake Chowtsun were made by bodies of the Red Spears, the first on December 31, and the second on January 1. Machine-gun fire from the Japanese was responsible for nearly 100 deaths. The Swastika Society gave help in the removal and temporary burying of the dead, the bodies having in most cases been since collected by the relatives and taken to their home villages in Chih Chuan Hsien.
'A number of the wounded were taken to the Foster Hospital where Drs. Flowers and Still gave them every attention. Large numbers of the attacking force consisted of young lads who had been persuaded by a Local Teader who has been only too careful to save his own skin, and decamp with the entrance fees of the recruits.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.