pons ens with their withdrawal from the Pootung area, the Chinese troops apparently started fires at several points on the morning of November 11. Enormous damage was done to mills and godowns, the property of Chinese and other nationalities. The photograph above was taken from The Bund in the International Settlement at noon and depicts only a small section of the blazing suburb of Pootung, where thousands of Chinese are employed in the various factories and shipyards.
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