Reviewing conditions just previous io the attack on the city by the Japanese, the British representatives declared, "On June 11, we were noti-fled by the British consular officials at Hankow of the imminent Japanese action on chang. Altogether, 80 foreign residents were evacuated on steamers on the Yangtze.
"Weall escaped without a scratch except for one member of the British Consulate who on June 13 was shot and wounded by Chinese forces as he was passing along the Erhmaloo.
"We heard that Genera] Hsao Chih-chu, local Chinese garrison eommander, fled four days before the actual fall of the city. Many Chinese also fled at the same time towards Chungking by boat. One French gunboat also took refuge up-stream on June 12—Domei.
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