Ichang, June 16.
Amazement over the swiftness of the Japanese advance in western Hupeh was voiced by two Britons who remained here during the severe fighting: around this city and its subsequent occupation by the Japanese forces.
The two Britons, who remained in Ichang during the battle ior its occupation were Mr. L. G. Frost, local agent of Messrs. Jardine Matheson Ca, Ltd, and representative for British Consular affairs and Dr. W. Gordon Brown, a missionary and chairman of the- local British
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