FIVEBRITONSDIE

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 32, 1 November 1937, Page 7

FIVEBRITONSDIE

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Shanghai Fightina .- Q ULSTER RIFLEMEN Three More Injured by a Japanese Shell 6 r missile hits barracks

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(Received lj 10.50 a.m.) SHANGHAI, Oct. 31 During a lieavy Japanese bombardfcenfc three more Ulster Riflemen, JjwceOorporal Dowey and Riflemen and AnderSon, were wounded by % fhell from a trencb mortar which atruck the Jessfield road barracks which jater were completely eyacuated Tfa.e death-roll from the misdirected Japaneae shell which struck the British poit in Jessfield Park on Friday is now five. Those dead are ; Riflemen Howard, Mallow, O'Toole, Delaney and Maguire. British. military oflicials investigated £he tragedy and found that the shell hsd been fired by the Japanese, wheranpon they advised the Japanese that ihev would be held responsible.

The japanese spokesman to-day call i»d on Vice-Admiral Sir Charles Littlo. Slso the British Consul-General, and •xpressed regret at the casualties tmnTig the British Boldiers. The furious fighting on the borders of the International Settlement has died down because of .the bad weather. The Chinese continue Jfco hold tlieir jineg. The rain has reduced flying operations to a minimum. The Japanese naval authoritjes have protested against British troops foroibly boarding Japanese launches in the Soochow Creek. JSye-witnesses assert that the British troops did not board the launches, but atood aboard a jirnk ^longside in order to protect the Japanese from -possible molestation. It is confirmed that Admiral Hasegawa sent a letter to Vice-Admiral Sir Charles Little, Commander-in-Chief of th© British naval forces in China, witb reference to the incident. Admiral Hasegawa complained that a British soldier touched a Japanese machine gun, thus "insulting the Imperial Japanese Navy.'* Sir Charles replied courteously but firmly emphasising that the Japanese had uo right to proceed up the creek through a British deience sector. The Japanese have crossed the Soochow Creek at a point thi'ee miles west of the defence perimeter. The British military authorities say that the Jessfield road posts have not jbeea abandoned.