Copenhagen, Mar. 24.
foreign plane, flying low over the west of Jutland, is alleged to have machine-gunned five civilians who were in the Gelds. None, however, were injured—Havas.
Danish Ship Sunk by U-Boat special ro Tum "K.cD.N."
London, Mar, 24.
that the Danish vessel, the Which sank with the Minsk on March 19, was sunk by a submarine are further Some twenty minutes later, two search parties from the Gordon Road Station were both fired upon, from the rear, by unidentified gunmen using Mauser. pistols. These parties were operating in Connaught Road when they were attacked. Their assailants were hiding in an alleyway situated outside of Settlement limits, and they fired altogether some fifteen shots at the Police from vantage: points near the entrance to the alleyway.
Later, the same search parties reinforced by a squad of uniformed and plain-clothes men from the Station were again attacked on Connaught Road, from the entrance to another dark lane in Special Municipality territory, as they were conducting a search for bandits. Only two or three shots were fired by the outlaws this time, and again the Police withheld fire. Two foreigners were in charge of the searchers, Sergeant G. Fichera, Italian, and Detective-Sergeant J. B. Smith, British, Neither they nor the Chinese policemen under their command were wounded.
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