Scenes on Pierce Road after Japanese aeroplanes bombed the district on Sunday. One hundred bombs were dropped in.this area. area, to be fitted to the light machine suns with which they are equipped Regret Again Expressed Expressions of regret for the shooting affair on Keswick Road were renewed yesterday morning by Vice-Admiral Kiyoshi Hasegawa, Commander-in-Chief of the Third Fleet, during a call on Admiral Sir Charles Little, Commander-in-Chief of the British naval forces in China.
Rear-Admiral Rokuzo Sugiyama, chief staff officer of the Third Fleet, simultaneously called on Major-General A. P. D, Telfer-Smollett, in command of the British troops here, to express similar sentiments.
The machine-gunning of the British outpost, a naval spokesman said yesterday morning, was the result of an error on the part of the Japanese flier, who believed he was aiming at a freshly-manned Chinese redoubt.
Chinese forces, he added, were crossing Soochow Creek during the day to take up positions south of the Creek.
Punishment of the flier is being considered, the spokesman said, but no decision can be made until an investigation fixes responsibility for the affair "Naturally", the spokesman declared, "steps will be taken to prevent the recurrence of such unfortunate incidents."
The matter, he added, has been reported to the Navy Office in Tokyo.
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