From THE "NORTH-CHINA DALY News" of Ocrobek 29, 1870
The s. Chihli proceeding down the harbour yesterday at 430 am. when abreast of the Custom House ran foul of a country boat containing about 150 piculs of rice, knocking a hole in her ra and doing other damages. The beat filled with water, but was able ta reach the Pootung shore, which prevented more serious loss into the operations room to make their reports. They look tired but contented; most of them have had a successful night They answer carefully the questions of the intelligence officer. It is a friendly but thorough "third degree." The men describe how they found the target and where they saw their bombs explode, The intelligence officer knows everything about the target from a long and careful study of all the data. This enables him to assess the accuracy of the crews' reports, They report things which they saw on the way out and on the journey back—ships, signals, lights, and guide: to future targets, Then the crews g^ off to breakfast, and the intelligence officer sifts the information, assesses the damage, builds up a complete picture of the raid, and prepares his report for the Air Ministry.
Tomorrow the world will read that the R.A.F. has bombed such and such a target The crews will read this modest statement of their activities With quiet satisfaction. The task which they had been allotted has been successfully carried out, and next day their colleagues will be doing a similar job with equal
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.