VESSELS STRUCK
BRITISH-OWNED STEAMERS
JAPANESE BOMBERS.
ONE BURNT OUT.
Received December 6, 10.10 a.in
SHANGHAI, Dec. 5
The steamer Tuck Wo has been struck by Japanese war ’planes raiding Wuhu, -set on fire and burnt out.
The British steamer Tatung was also struck, but has been beached. There have been no casualties. Both ships prominently displayed the Union Jack. ENTRY REFUSED. Six mounted Japanese sought to enter the British-manned Western defence sector at a point where the victory parade passed on December 3. The British, outpost refused to move the barbed wire, whereupon tlie Japanese retired.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVIII, Issue 7, 6 December 1937, Page 7
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