Japanese efforts to burn the Ratepayers' pavilion at the Race Course were frustrated by me timely action of the Russian Auciliary Detachment sentries, who exchanged shots with Japanese, Upper Photo shows the taxi, commandeered by the Japanese to do the job. The vehicle caught fire trid the Japanese made their last attempt to put the matshed on jiro by ramming the car backwards into the pavilion.
The woodwork, upholstery and motor of the car were destroyed.
The lower photo deplete the part of the Race Course fence smashed by the car when the Japanese crashed through it and raced toward the pavilion
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.