British and American warships together in the Yangtse after Japanese attacks.

British and American warships together in the Yangtse after Japanese attacks. A picture just received in London on the British gunboats Bee (centre) and Ladybird (right) and the American gunboat Oahu (left) moored alongside each other in the Yangtse River after the air and artillery attacks which had been made by Japanese forces. The ladybird had suffered damage at the hands of Japanese gunners, and Japanese planes had sunk the American gunboat Panay. The Bee defied a standstill order of the Japanese in order to aid the Panay and those aboard her. The Ladybird and the Oahu also helped in pciking up survivors.