That stirring episode which, in some onlookers' minds, began the extraordinary machinegun and artillery land and water conflict in the Whangpoo's "London Pool" off Pootung Point on Friday, was well-described by a correspondent yesterday. The story revealed the heroism of the woman who rowed the sampan by which the alleged snipers tried to make good their escape. Under the heavy machine-gun fire which induced her passengers to dive into the river the woman yulohed imperturbably as if she were merely engaged in a Henli regatta, supposing that austere function permitted such a craft to enter its competitions. It is true of course that the machine-gunners' attention seemed fo be mainly directed toward the swimmers in the water when once the sampan had been emptied but for some con~ siderable time the little boat was under '#ifect fire and never did the lady at the yuloh falter. She successfully emerged into an atmosphere of comparative quietude past the Augusta whose complement gave her a sporting cheer in recognition of a gallantry which might have won a decoration in other circumstances.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.