Yesterday there was intermittent fighting along the front from within A short distance of Anting to Kading, and the intensity of fire increased during the afternoon, when whells fell within a few hundred yards of Huangtu railway station dnd the coolie workers there were Senttered by rifle fire. Troops returning for ammunition reported that there had been heavy fighting, fon the right of the line towards Kading and that the Chékiany forces had made some little advance. These men were in cheerful moos, and one of them volunteered the information that he, 50 to speak, didn't care a straw for shrapnel but had a very sincere dislike of machine-gun fire.
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