The number of inhabitants still remaining within the city walls was placed by the correspondent at "about 500."
With the entry of the Japanese troops into Soochow, the Rising Flag was immediately hoisted over the uninhabited building of the Japanese Consulate.
The vanguard of the Fujii detachment occupied Sungkiapang, on the Shanghai-Nanking Railway, northeast of Soochow, on Thursday, driving back a Chinese force of about 1.000 men, The same night, the Japanese unit resumed its march towards Soochow,. coming within sight of the tall pagoda of the Paoen Temple early on Friday morning.
Despite a steady drizzle, the Japanese troops pressed on towards the city's north gate, entering it shortly afterwards, According to one report the Japanese entered Soochow on the heels of the Chinese troops and with their faces covered with hoods to keep off the rain. The hoods deceived the Chinese who allowed them to enter the gates, to be surprised by the Japanese when they removed their hoods and to suffer heavy losses Many of the Chinese. the report said did not know that the Japanese wer in the city until they saw the Rising Sun flag floating above them
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