More than 30 Japanese officers and men belonging to an army engineering corps were killed and about 100 injured on Monday when several land mines buried by Chinese troops in Woosung before their withdrawal suddenly exploded according to Chinese reports.
The reports state that the Japanese were engaged in building a light railway connecting Woosung with Sungkiang. They were doing ground work when the explosions occurred in quick succession. Included in the casualty list was a company commander who was kiled while supervising the construction work.
Upon learning of the accident the Japanese military later sent four trucks to Woosung and carried the injured men to hospitals in Hongkew. The dead were cremated on the spot, it is stated.
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