Japanese bodies were piled slong the roads and the Japanese, who had no time to remove the bodies, cut off their hands for Identification purposes, he alleged. French troops at all points have been instructed not to Sire on Japanese unless the Japanese fire first, Twelve Japanese bombers this morning ow over Haiphong in a threatening manner, but French antiireratt batteries held their fre, The Japanese did not drop any bombs, No shots have been exchanged by the French and the Japanese since last night, it was offally stated, Hanoi also experienced an air raid alarm this morning for three hours while the Japanese flew over Haiphong. Schools have been closed here and civilians were evacuating in accordance with advice given by the press. The Chinese Consulate advised Chinese residents (o depart gradually,
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