WOOSUNG CAPTURED
MERCILESS BOMBARDMENT DEFENDERS REFUSE TO SURRENDER SHANGHAI, 3rd March. Japanese forces under cover of heavy birrage from warships stormed and captured Woosung forts at 8 a.m.. An eyewitness states that Japanese methods were similar to the manner in which they captured Port Arthur during '.lie Russo-Japanese war. The Japanese commander endeavoured to persuade the troops defending Woosung area to surrender, but the offer was rejected. The Japanese bombardment thereafter was. merciless, naval guns pounding the village. Finally the Chinese resistance became weaker arm weaker and Japanese infantry completed tlie, slaughter. General Tanchisui, commanding the forts, was among the killed, having announced his determination to resist to the last. The suddenness with which the fighting ended left the peacemaking officials considerably in the air.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXVI, 4 March 1932, Page 5
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