Amoy, May 13.
Despite a terrific bombardment from land, sea and air, isolated units of Chinese troops are reported to be still holding out in. various sections of Amoy Island. The main body of Chinese defenders, however, has retired to the mainland, Both the Japanese~and Chinese are said to have suffered heavy casualties In the Aghting.
While the Japanese are' attending to their own wounded, hospitals and emergency centres in Kulangssu_ are filled to over-flowing with Chinese wounded soldiers, who were brought across from Amoy Island in small boats.
The Chinese casualties in Kulang: ssu, however, are believed to be only a fraction of the total number,
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