Chefoo, Mar. 13.
A band of Chinese irregulars, estimated to be about 200 strong, coming from the south and east, made a surprise raid on Chefoo at midnight last night.
It is reported that they made for the police stations, where they took over all the rifles they could find and then escaped. Spasmodic rifle fire was heard in various parts of the city for three hours, from midnight till 3
At 6 am. two Japanese aeroplanes appeared over the city and patrolled the southern and eastern hills. They dropped three bombs shortly before 9 am. A Japanese cruiser arrived here later in the morning. Patrols are now ori guard in the principal streets.
No foreigners are reported to have been injured or killed, nor any foreign property damaged, though a German resident who was returning to Chefoo im his car encountered some of the Chinese outside the town at a quarter to midnight. A bullet was fred at the ear, hitting the windscreen and inflicting minor cuts on the German's face through broken glass—
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