Japanese Preparing Line of Fire for Impending Att ack Bringing to 2 climax a day of, ton was the Last ship to posy throug relative quiet broken only by des-the Woosung var" area yesterday, lultory shelling and the dropping of reporting but little rifle fire thers jo few bombs by Japanese aeroplanes at four o'clock. Eleven steamers the Japanese started a brief but cleared outward bound during ths terrific bombardment of the district ay, including the U.SS, Thonipzon, inthe vicinity of Paoshan Road, Foreigner Remains Chapel, yesterday evening. "Another lbige fire broke out and threatened: During all the bombardments ant Range Road and necessitated the acral fis diacted against tha summoning of the Fire Brigade, Woosung. Postation; "one for. chinoer es remained apparently un The fire destroyed a lange block touched in the midst of the fight+ lof property inside the Chinese lines: land iadieated another nine by the ing This 'Moseung, restaaite Chimanter Davis, a former Britiat Sapanecc to clear their line of fre aval offer' 60 yours of ope. and gaint the Chinese who continue Wal known' te ghanghattesidente hold their positions at the North ithe, probeeer at the Fors Station and straight through Chal {ult ba" the Bund in, Woo: The lambing and shelling ave Although warned of the ft: lieved to be in preparation for" the pening attacks, Captain Dans Te. otenive which the Jupanese, are Kased "a ieave'his, me of tay, prepiting. Five Japanese planes: years standing and with only two dogs an companies stil fa, he artillery position behind the North ade ift radon a Chine hereof the Chinese position. 'Twe Station and dropped several bombs: Shunghal residents ced, pos jon. the position which has caused from the Japansse naval muthvetion them mitch trouble in recent day', There was little activity at Wooing for the purpose of persuading "ant proceed. Woo: sung where the Jupanese and Chine une for re pease of penn lene forces face exh uctass—the Yercuing party, Roweres, were. unc Woosune Creek. Ohwervers reported able to cross to the other side of lyenterday' that the efforts to con: Woosung Greek from the 'Japanese Eruct a ponicon bridge have not! bare. ikoming matiners. Teporeed materialized and Chinese firing, con lat night that the. British Rinues to keep the Japanese from Sick "is all Mying' over" the Foes Jerosting the creek. Japanese des-Hate, although the building: ftrovers "lopped occasional shells on been struck a score of times by, the village yesterday' morning.
Ballets "amd_ smal projectiles Ne Serious damage, however, seems Death of Japanese Captai have eon done to the' atvucture otherwise Although two. more siall river boat leads of Japanese troops were The Chapel Fire i Handed, Japanese military activity fat. the Chungwabpang base at Woosung again yesterday was confined nan. yesterday on an Roall Arewhich broke out at 6:58 mainly to consolidation of the posi~ within 100 yards of the Railway tion and preparation for future offensive operations, with an occa Station Compound, prepared "line vance for Japinese troops, sional shelling of the Chinese en-which 11 days fighting had not we: ftrenchments and the fortified area complished, Chinese houses occupy: to. prevent defence concentrations. ing an'! area of 150 "yards Aixcraft from the parent ships an-by 50° yards were entirely, ichored near the Saddle Island: burnt out." Heavy machine gun' hovered over the district at inter fire, wecompanied by" ocensional vals, either observing or en route rile spurts, filled the air before ant to Ghapei, but no raids from this during the blaze while after the Jsource were conducted. Even the flames died down, "Chinese Stokow I bombandiment was confined to mortars and lighter Japanese arity lery boomed out at short intervals, heling from tniee destteyers att long intervals. surrounding houses have been At his headquarters on HLJ.ALS, cupied by' snipers, ayined with The destroyed building and Tdzuma, Lying moored at the N-Y.K, machine guns, rifles Mausers, awl Jwharl adjacent to the local Jupan were a direct protection to the jose Consulate, Vice-Adimiral eastern exposure of the North Nomura, Comniander-in-Chief of the Station. The fire, appears. to have imperial Navy in Chinese waters, been definitely of incendiary: origin, last evening atuted that the day had Aeroplanes boned the neighbour: been devoid of any significant hood nearly two hours before the loperstions. The intention, hew-flames were noted. Volunteers on Jover, of the Japanese naval forces duty' at the blockhouse saw several to. lndge a vehement protest with bombs drop which did not explode, the Chinese authorities concerning With the wind blowing ina south the "murder" by Chinese soldiers of jousterly, direction, driving showery Captain H, Takahashi, the m lof the NAK. 8, Duihichi sparks nto the Settlement over lao-si's house on Range off Linghwa on the upper Whangpoo Road, which had it bumed downed was announced by would have isolated those on Notth Admiral "Shimada, the newly atriv-Honan and Range Roads, the Ame led naval Chief of Staff to the can Troop, stationed there, lost little Imperial forces, in reporting the potentiality ite Headquarters and to the Fire Military observers yesterday Brigade. Firemen attended am leave their ° opinion that the stood "by until the fre had spent aboard the Japanese craft lying ie, division "ordered to China 'As' the flames, burst into the ait, jin the Yangtze. At the present there was a noticeable scramble by time, it is believed by the same authe occupants. Half a dozen found thorities, that not more than 3.000 themselves on a roof with no visible Japanese soldiers and marines have means of escape for themselves anth been landed at the Changwabpai aig their machine gun and other equip-railway station together with number of batteries of mountain guns. Disenbarkation of a division tae tad arent" Toere Jof soldiers, with all the incident artillery and equipment, it was Pointed out, ie a complicated matter, requiring andi ties "and a period of time. ig the late Jwar, practically. a week was requir-led for the landing of " British unit Jof the same size as the Japanese, it ere ety PAO, id, was stated, sed eames ie core 'A Japanese division comprises affected 100 houses and sparks two squadrons of cavalry, four bri eight on shops on the other side Jgades of infantry with three bat-Soe acy sham ne rds talions of soldiers to each briged and 36 field guns. The infantry number 9,600 effective rifles, with 12 machine gin companies equipped mera, thay baga taka with 48 heavy machine guns and fan unknown number of lighter se pons of the same type.
Chinese Improving Position the component units of the divi A Municipal employee, who hath sion may: be effected, however, been digging trenches for five days accordance with the terrain over in Chapet for the Chinese reportd the force intends to operate, for duty yesterday. It was not was pointed ott. entirely" a labour. of love, While Among the 14 vessels " artiv-[soldiers guarded hint and his fellow, ing here during the day were labourers, protecting them, as they, number of Japanese merchant said, from air raids, they' were kept craft and the French Cruiser duty throughout the day digging am Waldeck Rosseau, brainging a regiment of Colonial Troops which were disembarked at 6 o'clock on -|he French Bund, The French war vessel piloted in by Captain B. Boljelatorate system of trenchworks and erecting sandbag emplacements, They received no pay for their work, but "were amply fed and suppliell with cigarettes, He managed te
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