<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanking_incident_of_1927" id="mw_g" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Nanking incident of 1927">Nanking Incident</a>: Foreign warships bombard <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanjing" id="mw_w" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Nanjing">Nanjing</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_China_(1912–1949)" id="mwAQA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Republic of China (1912–1949)">China</a>, in defence of the foreign citizens within the city.<sup about="#mwt232" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-44"}}' id="cite_ref-44" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./March_24#cite_note-44" id="mwAQE" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 44;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwAQI">[44]</span></a></sup><sup about="#mwt236" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-45"}}' id="cite_ref-45" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./March_24#cite_note-45" id="mwAQM" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 45;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwAQQ">[45]</span></a></sup>
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