The railway crossing was safely passed, and so was Chungsan Road after a brief delay in which a sentry examined the pass very closely. With soldiers, refugees and other civilians pouring along the road in both directions, passage grew more and more difficult and slower and slower as Warren Road was reached. Suddenly, the road cleared as if by magic, everyone disappearing into the undergrowth. Due to the noise of ihe car's engine, those inside the little van could not hear the drone of aeroplanes, The car was stopped under a big tree and cover was taken behind two gate pillars while three large bombers passed right over the car at an altitude of about 1,000 feet.
Not satisfied with their cursory inspection of the little vehicle with the big blue cross on it, the planes B. started to circle around, the two men meanwhile rushing to a dugout in the garden. The planes left soon afterwards, and the car continued on its way, passing en route a Chinese prisoner with his hands tied and with a double guard of fixed bayonets.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.