I saw Chinese troops needlessly applying the torch to whole blocks of homes and shops around the city walls, dispossessing thousands in a futile attempt to impede the Japanese attack.

• 中国守军毫无必要地纵火焚烧城墙四周整片整片的住家和商店，使得成千上万人无家可归，想阻挡日军进攻，其实这是徒劳无益的。