Speaking with some weariness, the Admiral asked in a quiet voice to be excusedsfrom answering any questions of a "military character." One of these questions was whether he felt that, at this time, he was in control of the air. "Yes, I believe 80," he replied.
As he was taken to the Idzumo in the Admiral's pinnace from a dock near the Japanese Consulate, Reuter's representative saw a number of dead Japanese being brought ashore and, on inquiry, learned that they were "casualties at Woosung this morning."
Asked what was the net result of the conflict so far, Admiral Hasegawa Re-occupied in
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