Dozens of apparently empty Japanese transports sailed past, down-river, while the transfer of the passengers was taking place. Finally, by about 2'o'clock, the last passenger was on board the cruiser and she sailed for Shanghai, the passengers—men, women, and tiny children—crowding the rails to see the "sights." As the ship entered the Whangpoo, she el a "concentration camp" of japanese transports—fifteen or twenty of them—two or three hospital Ships, with large red crosses On their sides, and a few destroyers ana cruisers, Woosung and all its shambles soon presented itself; in the village, most of the houses were either rubble or standing up on apparently two walls only. On the railway wharf, transports were unloading hay for the horses and mules which could be seen grazing in fields not far away.
On, the roads, parties of stretcher bearers could be seen walking along, without any burdens, while cars and lorries passed rapidly to and fro; some form of convoy system appearet to be in force in the case of the latter, for the leading car or lorry always carried a large Japanese flag.
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