AL his request, the Americans tasued the following statement Kindly visited vex gud hay most, courte ins that this Dicreed reek We accept ili eat wan ery Inaccurate. AM talas, Wwe are "Me "eonuider the incident desire 0 take occasion express gut sitate appreciation of th now culdent cere taken bythe. Japane when 'Sutsten ide, the' gigs Inared religeex. nor our Inside the ity was damaged, and nol inynates of our plage wae hist of ai fel ure the uld not a December ese soldiers launched a unter attack on Sulsien ity. Fighting continued intermittently" until 350 o'clock the following afternoon, with skirmishes. during the night, Many fires were raging, in various parts of the city. Chinese eivitians who saw the al lacking force of infantry estimated it at from 200 to 500 men.
The outer city wall is built of mud and surrounded by a deep moat. The Chinese climbed over this but failed to enter the ity of brick. After fierce fighting in the streets, the Chinese were Griven out of the city before morn ing; but they stayed in a large farmhouse, only' a few dozen feet. from the city wall, until after dark the next night, when they withdrew, Total casualties are unknown, although some Japanese motor trucks were burned.
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