Reviewing conditions just previous to the attack on the city by the Japanese, the British representatives declared, "On June 11, we were note fled by the British consular officials at Hankow of the imminent Japanese action on Tchang. Altogether, 80 foreign residents were evacuated on steamers on the Yangtze.
"We all escaped without a scratch except for one member of the British Consulate who on June 13 was shot and wounded by Chinese forces, a5] he was passing along the Erhmaloo.
"swe heard that Genera} Hs90 Chih-chu, local Chinese garrison commander, 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 fon June 12—Domei.
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