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MONDAY,

‘DOOMED BATTALION' SIEGE ENDS

20 KILLED & 20 WOUNDED DURING EVACUATION®

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Shanghai, Oct. 30 (11.60 p.m.), It is reported that British and American troops are arranging to evacuate the Chinese soldiers of the "doomed battalion" during the cur- few hours.

NOVEMBER

1937.

RADIO BROADCAST

ter Bach; Song Without Words (from Four Studies in Dance Muzic'); Slow Fox-Trot-It's A Sin To Tell A Lie; In May ('Carcicas

issimo Chiang Kai-shek evacuated a hall of their stronghold under bullets from Japanese rhachine guns.

(Continued from Page 7.) In order to reach the Settlement

'Cavalleria Rusticnna' Selection Waltz-Music safely the men had to cross the 20- (Mascagni).

Orchestra: Don't Ropturo1).

110 Close down. yard wide Thibet Road separating Play With Fira

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Greenwich Time Signal at 0.45 am, Am. Big Ben, Old, Unhappyf Tar-off 17htags. 10a.m. Big

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The entire battalion, except an number undetermined

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Ball

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(Czibulka); Talkle The last man to leave "Alcazar" Medley, 1932..... Marek Weber and

the killed and 20 wounded during the was

commander His Orchestra; Fanfare' Selection. regimental

Marck Weber and His Orches- was crying ira. Haleh Chia-yuan who evacuation.

told Reuter sorrowfully when he Brilish troops marched

the that "we have lost face. We would evacuated Chinese troops to the never have left but we had orders Embankment Building, where they to do so and could not disobey them." were. thoroughly Dearched, pre-

An hour before the evacuation was A United Press correspondent at liminiry to being taken to the con- due to start the Japanese, trained two the British outpost reported that centration camp at Great Western.

the road which machine guns on there was algn of an evacuation. He | Road. East Bound (Read Up)

sald wounded soldiers. emerged from COMMANDER LEAVES LAST they lit up with search lights and

evacuation during the entire

uicy the godown at 11.30 p.m. to obtain

Colonel Haleh Chin-yuan, the re- poured a withering siream of first aid from Brlish troops, which they left for the Settlement mental commander of the Chinese machine-gun fire into, the stronghold

***Battalion, was among the last to and along the road.

evacuate.

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and entered Hospital, Soldlera from the godown said that they were not planning to evacuate, and said that there were about ten other wounded soldiers and a number of dead ones ut the godown.-United Pres

At 3.30 am the godown was on fire, with flames shooting up to the sky. The Settlement Fire Brigudo engines were immediately en

route there. It is believed that the Japan- ese will be forced to evacuate the

The men ran the gauntlet of fire

of In batches stumbled to the British post, they thirty. As they smilingly dhook hands with the Bri- fish

soldiers who warmly con- gratulated them on their courge. The Chinese honded over their ries and equipment to the British tom- mies and to the admiration of all the "Doomed "Battalion" brought all their weapons along with them- about 400 rifles, two light machine- uns, machine-guns, alx heavy Some runs,

✔

FIRST EVACUATION

place now. Shanghal, Oct. 31 (4 n.m.), At 12.30 a.m. alx members of the

Colonel Haleh Chin-yuan in among "doomed battalion" of whom two those who were wounded, The were wounded can the gauntlet of majority of the troops of the baltallon the Japanese "spotlights and machine-

Thibet appeared tense but tired. Many of commanding North Road, reaching the British outpost at the soldiers nte very young

of them claimed that they were the Dank of China's godown.

originally in the foreign zone godown, There was much speculation whe-where approximately a hundred ther the departure of the six soldiers were killed during the past week.

general was the beginning of

Kuns

evacuation by small batches in order to cross the North Thibet Road in clusters before the Japanese were able to determine whether they are Chinese or British.

Members of the battalion were

loaded into passenger buses. in which there were British guards and a military escort, and were trans- ported to the Racecourse at Bubbling Well Road, where they will put in AL 12.40 a.m. more soldiers the upper floor of the British bar- evacuated the godown. Japanese racks for the night, after which they machine-guns, hand-grenades and are expected to be removed to Great

wild firing were directed Western Road. against the Chinese soldiers Jeaving the Rodown, while the re-

some

WOUNDED ATTENDED TO

many cases of ammunition, baskets of clothes, bedding and other posses- sions, but the best of all was that they carried 20 wounded comrades along the passage of fire.

Ben.

10.30 am. Weekly Newsletter, Sports

Bummary, and Announcements,

Greenwich Time Signal at 11 1.51.

England), from

Truro

BBC

8.35 Rubinstein ai tho Plano, Capriccie In B Minor, Op. 70 (Brahms); Consolation No. 3 (Lisz!); Hungarian Rhapsody No. 10 (Liz) 11.10 .. Belts, and a Religious Service

8.48 Marla Olczewska (Contralto). Church of Widmung-Du Meine Seele Du; Cahedral,

15.30 p.m. "Dritish Composers." Tho Mein Herz (Schumann); Lascia Ch' pm. Big Ben, In Town Ț night.* lo Planga ('Rinaldo-Handel); Mcn

Empire Orchestra. Coeur S'Ouvre A Ta Voix (Samson 1.20 p.m. The News and Announcements.

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4.40 pm. Long-distance Listening. 0.0 Choruses.

talk by air. Walford Davies, C.V.O. Waltz (1.0.4 p.m. Big Ben. Reginald Porter- Crown Of Life; Mystic, Brown, at the Organ of the Forum

Cinetna, Southampton. B.B.C. Wireless Chorus. Woods (Turner-Forrar), ... The 7.9 p.m. The Edith Lorand Orchestra.

7.30 p.m. Palace of Variaties," 0.15 London Relay-Empire Ex-30 pm. Daliati Concert, Janet Hamil

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(Baritone). Points of view by travellers from 10 p.m. Music by Elgar, the Dominions and Colonies.

bintter-Vocal

9.30 London Relay--The News and Announcements.

0.40 Concert Waltzes,

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Jere's to the Mfelden." 10.15 pm. Big Ben, Ladies' Night, or pm. Green Fields and Pavementa’---0, 1.19 p..

Itawiln 1130 p.m. In Town To-night.' An eld favourite with new features. Produced by A. W. Hanson.

Violin Recital by Ressle

12 am. The News and Announcementa. 10.02 Vocal Variety,

Greenwich Time Signal at 12.10 am. I'm All Alone; 1' Wait For You 120 a.m. Variety. (May and Felner).....

Webster 12.30 am. Lloyd Thomas, at the Organ of

the Granada, Woolwich, Booth (Tenor); What Shall Remain? 1.20 a.m. Dorothy Hogben's Singert and The End Begins (from "The King Players. steps out') Grace Moore am. Big Ben, The News and An-

nouncements, Soprano); Bluebrard-A Bed-Time Greenwich Time at Story...Wish Wynne (Comedienne); 220 nm. Rutalan Composers, The BBC

Yoddler: Tyrolean

Cuckoo In Orchestra. a concentration The Wood (From "White Horse Inn'). 13.m. Monday at Seven episode in the

n). 5.45 am. The Plums. An Fried Lusser: Covered Wagon inte of Mr. Augustus Pium and Family.

ad. Swift Serenade." Lullaby (Freeman and Leonard);

Serenade Concert Orchestra. The Trail Of The Lonesome Pine an Empire Exchango,“ (from fim).... The Hill Billies. 4.45 am. Interval.

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All the wounded men were given Brst aid treatment by the British troops after which they were re- moved by ambulances to the British ***** Military Hospital. Thuse that were not wounded were, taken before dawn to the Race Course where des will be pinced In camp for the duration of the war.

A trench mortar shell fell amongst a group of British soldiers who were mainder of the "doomed battalion" During the evacuation of the putting the Chinese soldiers into were attempting to cover their com- į "doomed battalion," Major Yang lorries but providentially it did not rades' evacuation, which was carried Yul-fu tearfully watched the men out in small batches.

being disarmed, after he was twice wounded in returning to North Thibet Road to assist the wounded soldiers to safety. Looking down at the godown to where Colonel Hsich Chin-yuan (Regimental Commander of the Battalion) was covering the he said: "Why can't I be reireat there instead of him."

One

ORDER FROM NANKING

The evacuees said that they abandoned the godown only because of orders

from Nanking. At one they

there said that

were approximately 280 of their comrades still in the godown, with. 89 out at that moment.

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explode.

Two shells struck the damaged Gas adjoining the Company's building gasometer but there were no caual-

lics.-Router.

FOOD LEFT BEHIND Shangbal, Oct. 31 (2.22 p.m.), The Japanese naval authorities have issued communique stating Chinese soldier, evidently that large quantities of "fresh foods about twelve years old, armed with a such as milk, bread and other perish- wooden sword painted with gold and able

goods" were found in the two grenades, resisted the British doomed battalion's" stronghold after troops attempt to disarm him until its evacuation. The communique Yong Yul-fu ordered him to disarm, adds that the Japanese naval autlieri- after which he broke the sword over ties ennnot repress 2 feeling of his knee after handing over the wonder and displeasure of the pre- sence of these provisions, which must have been smuggled through British defence lines."

The com- munique claims to have found ap- proximately 100 dead bodies in "Alcazar."

The godown is at the intersection of North Thibet and North Soochow Roads, at the north-west corner of the British outpost, which is at the north-east corner of a British block of houses and the south-west corner ofi the Bridge upproach. The Japanese are commanding North hand-grenader Soochow Road as far as a block of An entire British houses where sand-bugs cover

the troops turned out at the Racecourse Chinese withdrawal. However, the to oversee the accommodation of the Japanese spotlights and machine- Chinese troops. All the oflcers and guns were directed on North Thibet men of the battalion were sent to Road and also on the other side of the Racecourse, some by private the godown.

motor-cars.

of company

Major Yang Yul-fu, who was The Chinese troops will be Intern- woanded in the leg when uiding his ed in the Settlement for the dura soldiers to evacuate,, fuld a United tion of hostilities.-United Press. Press correspondent We. leave only

orders. The Japanese did not oust We are not afraid to die but are only following orders"

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The "doomed battalion" suffered forty casunities during their evacua- tion from “Alcazar,”—Router.

ORDERS OBEYED

Shanghal, Oct. 31.

The "doomed battalion's" evacua- tion was ordered by Generalissimo

(Alm 'Music Hath Charms); Variety' Chorus.

The Swift

Preparations are completed for Chiang Kai-shek, who finally yielded & O-BRITISH INDIA-APCAR AND

Shanghai, Oct. 31 (4 a.m.). evacuation of the "doomed battalion." which pressure has been brought to bear.

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to the opinion that the sacrifice of these 800 heroic warriors in holding

besleged post-would not help anuch. Al 1.30 a.m. the Japanese made a

militarily whereas their survival furious attack on the godown in an A serious situation, however, is would enable them to continue their attempt to capture the remaining; threatened because the Japanese members of the battalion, and the have placed in position a couple of efforts in the prolonged resistance to

Japanese aggression. Chinese soldiers replied vigorously, machine-guns commanding the road shrapnel and stray bullets whizzing through which the Chinese must

Upon receipt of the Generalissimo's 10 them overhead and landing near the U. S. pass, and the also playing searcht-secret order, transmitted Marines and British defence sectors, lights upon the road.Reuter. by General Yang Hu, Garrison Com- mander for Shanghai, and Generul where the military guurd has been

DEFIANCE OF FIRE

Sun Yuan-liang, Commander of the strengthened and broadened over a wide area south of the Creek opposite Shanghai, Oct. 31 (8.25 a.m.)..

Bath, Division to which they belong.

the godown.

Running the gauntlet, of bullets the "doomed battalion" started the A United Press correspondent after from two Japanese machine-guns evacuation late Jast night, which 2. o'clock this which they completed by doing 72 hours "death watch" at the commanding the road over

morning-Central News. British outpost was rewarded, when they have to pass, and upon which

KWANGTUNG'S TRIBUTE other pressmen were unable to ap- Japanese searchlights are playing, members of the "doomed med proach the place.

Shanghai, Oct. 31. battalion" are now pouring into the International Settlement in batches On behalf of the 35,000,000 of 30. So for 300 have reached populace in Kwangtung province. A number of wounded aided | General Wu Te-chen, Chairman of safely. by British troops have been handed the Kwangtung Provincial Govern-

GODOWN ON FIRE

artillery At 2 a.m. the Japanese fired at point-blank range on three sides at the godown, setting fire to

the fourth floor.

So far 184 soldlers had evacuated, earrying 20 wounded cornrades with them, while ten wounded were en the fire-line. Three machine-guns opened

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