 In the south it extended to Jordan Road (陆家路), in the west to the Shanghai-Hangzhou railway and in the north to Suzhou Creek.The Italian garrison was responsible for the narrow zone between Jessfield Road and Kiao Chow Road (胶州路) and bounded in the north by Suzhou Creek.During the earlier phase of the Sino-Japanese War, the special status of the extra-settlement roads area meant that numerous competing forces operated in the area.