Meanwhile, Tsungming Island, at the mouth f the Yangtze River, which, despite its proximity to the Shanghai-Woosung area, had remained in the hands of the Chinese, was occupied by 1,200 Japanese marines yesterday, it was reported. On March 13, a Japanese naval landing party, accompanied by policemen of the Ta Tao City Government of Pootung, occupied Yah Ao Sha, an [island near Tsungming Irland, Before landing, the Japanese, who were in five launches, machine-gunned the island, it was reported, killing a number of fishermen and farmers, alleging that they were harbouring men with firearms. The island, according to Chinese reports, had a population of about 8,000 fishermen and farmers.
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