Brilliant Military Spectacle at Racecourse'
Attended by Vast, Enthusiastic Crowd Shanghai, Aug. 20:
many occasions during the past twelve years Shanghai landers have been roused to heights of enthusiasm by brilliant military spectacles, Rarely, however, has such enthusiasm been.seen in this city as that which was displayed by a huge crowd at the Racecourse yesterday evening when the massed bands of the two British regiments in Shanghai played a farewell to the city amid bursts of applause that completely drowned the beat of drums and the music of instruments, Tt was indeed an impressive sight as the white clad East Surreys and Seaforth Highlanders, the rays of the evening sun sparkling on their burnished instruments, marched in front of the stands with the military precision that has made arms of His Majesty's Forces famous throughout the world.
In the stands more than ten thousand spectators, British flags and red, white and blue decorations above and around them, clapped and cheered themselves hoarse as the impressive ceremony roused them to heights of enthusiasm which could not be checked.
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