Lady Knatchbull Hugessen in Shanghai from Peitaiho: Union Jacks on the Car Roofs yelgns. of the carly. street fighting, the bombardments from Pootung and the air, and then the fre-flend in hat "hot spot of" danger "Thorburn Road," Pillaging, fre and murder. this. boy saw day after day from the front of his home in, Ford Lane yet yesterday he talked of many illings too fimpolitie to. mention. in these columag with the simplicity of tone describing Sunday morning in with danger in the alr the week tofore last and the ight. from" the area. begun, his, parents. decided stand by their home and laid. in a month's supply, of provender. The storm broke aid they. were. trapped. For days the neighbouring it seme fed full of bullets, 'Their house. was nit many times and the garden yleld~ ed a harvest of lothel metal, 'Then feame the fire phase. and it seemed {hat their housemustbeconsumed. in he conflagration, At times they could scareely breathe' for the choking bil> ows.
Chinese Wounded Marbourea Selt-protection became paramount end the father Left for passes. Days Went by and ho didn't come back: the lett behind didn't think would ever come back, they hiad seen gummarykiling and' sudden death from hidden marksmen too. often. 'The' boy found two Chinese badly wounded and helped them to his home, "Bach day he ran the gauntlet fof those troubled attests for dress= fogs from the only hospital lett the district and one day the found that closed. "Tt did: not matter, for {the Japanese found that the men had been harboured and took them away.
'For three days the fire roared all about them and when it died away the Thorburn' Road.
Yanglszepoo Rond to Pini
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