Amoy, May 10.
Residents of the Treaty Port of Amoy were rudely roused from their beds ay four o'clock this morning! when Japanese warships began a bombardment of the forts, Shortly sflerwards parties of Japanese were Jonded, and engaged in fighting with the Chinese gorrisun "At the same time the warships commenced to land troops at Woo-tong.
During the shelling, the Chinese forces in the defending trenches retired and hid. 'The Japanese, think-Ing they had' dispersed the Chinese troops, landed a force of 500 men in small boats, Severe fighting then ensued in which more than 100 Japanese were stated to have been killed and 75 captured, The leaflets requested foreigners to leave Amoy Island and foreign ships fo evacuate from nearby waters Every care, the leaflets promised, would be taken to safeguard the terests of third Powers, but foreigners and ships remaining would do so at their own risk.
Japanese planes were busy throughout the day bombing. Amoy' University was struck' and suffered damage—Reuter.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.