Ten men met their death as a result of 'a fierce. encounter between the "Customs Preventive "Cruiser Yuentsing and 'a. pirate. junk "Thursday" afternoon in Worth Hare our off the Chekiang. coast.
When the Yuenbsing reltimed to [Shanghai Tote on Thureday night_on board were ye captured pirates, three of whom were. wounded and are now n the Chinese Tester Hose two" of her own crew, who Wwere also badly wounded and' taken 0 hospital;"and ax 'Gahermen, one of whom was wounded in the Dick, 'Of the fen men who were killed one is a Chinese sailor off the Yuen-{sing who boarded the pirates' ves-Sel and was shot down and believed {fo have been. subsequently" drowned, five were pirates "and. four, were fishermen, On board the" pirates junk were ten captive fishermen, nib lit commenced early" on oft ihe Customs. crile aday morning after 4 party {rom
reception when they boarded the pirater" junk "in search of con traband Win the exception of the One Chinese "sailor, the. boarding Party managed to escape back to the Yuenhsing ina small boat, Mean while the pirates set sail tu an empt to. escape rom the" cruiser amongst she islands inthe. vicinity, The Yuenbsing immediately pursued het and opened fire, eventually sink Ing the june Three of the five dead given rare downed the other two Ashermen were drowned,"
ing. shot, and four' of the captive Tue population of Chungking for the month of September was 261,968, according 10 official figures released
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