Comparative quiet" prevailed along the Chapei and Woosung fronts all yesterday. In the Woo-rang aren the Japanese: who have been held in. their positions to the south of the Wantsaopang Creek, indulged in intermittent bombardment of the Chinese positions, but attempt to advance was made by either side.
During the morning a Japanese aeroplane Mew over the Chinese positions in Woorung village and hear the forte, dropping several Bombs; while occasional shelling by the Japanese field pieces brought from' Shanghai and a spasmodic benibardment bya Japanese destroyer in the Whangpoo appeared to lo directed against any' Chinese Jeffort to reconstruct their battered minor. engagement between Japanese and Chinese was reported From the Kiangwan area yesterday.
number of men belonging to the '60th Regiment, 120 Brigade, 60th sion of the Chinese army attacked the right flank of Japanese landing parties positions in the neighbourhood of Hongkew Park. The Japanese opened up with guns Jon the attackers, while planes fying overhead dropped several bombs, the Chinese retreating to wan after suffering heavy casualties. "Except for aeroplane bombing! over the Chinese lines in the morning, the Chapei front was undisturhed. The Japanese bombs appeared tobe mainly directed—towards destroying Chinese field gun and trench mortar emplacements.
'Both sides took advantage of the quiet day to consolidate their positions. For the first time the Chi nese were seen out in the open erecting barbed wire entanglements in daylight. It is reported' that ithe morale of the Chinese troops remains high and that they are still full of confidence:
A few shells fell In the Japanese devance lines during the day. One dropped on the Chinese Post Ofice building on North Szechuen Road, starting a small fire in which, itis believed, some official documents were destroyed. Several dwelling houses, most of them belonging to Japanese, were also hit.
Snipers concealed in one of a Of Chinese houses on. Range wear Woosung road, fired on al foreigners. yesterday afternoon, Mr. Hf. V. Volkot, " Russian, being slightly wounded by a bullet [The second. "foreign pedestrian promptly took to his heels and csleaped unwounded, although two shots were sent in his direction, Snipers Fire on Shipping Japanese merchant craft plying the upper reaches of the Whangpoo River, a8 well as Japanese warships fat navat moorings in the stream and Slongside" Pootung docks,—again esterday were the target for Chi-ete soldiers firing rifles from the Nantao Bund on the Shanghai shore-fine and. from Lunghua, it was charged last evening in' an official statement. issued by' Hear-Admiral Shimada, the Chief-of-Staff to the High Japanese Consmtand i Chinese waters.
Early yesterday morning w Cust lo Of rifle bullets strack the ipperworks of a Japanese destroyer docked at Pootung, directly ae from the Chinese City, it wns ela Jed, while daring the day Japanese fstinches and small craft plying UD fand down viver also were fired on continually from the same. sauce. LIM. Sikawa, a cruiser lying at naval mooring in close proximity to other British and American naval craft off the French Bund, was subjected to intermittent firing throwghout the dav, apparently directed by Chinese snipers on the Nantao Bund fat the officers and other personnel fon the quarter id $0 far no casualities have resulted with the exception of the killing of the Japanese. captain of a N. Nagasaki-Shanghai. express Tine?! on Tuesday, but, the actions of the Chinese im this locality is affecting] seriously Japanese harbour trafic, Rear-Admiral Shimada asserted. Desiring to avoid any further untoward incidents and to keep the present fighting localised, the. Japanese Naval Command yestorday afternoon ordered the destroyer at Pootung to shift her position lower down' the river. On her departure,—however, the vessel again was fired upon, it was stated.
"While we are desirous of sett.
this matter by diplomacy," Rear Admiral Shimada said Inst] evening. "We cannot allow thi condition to continue to exist. Japanese craft in Shanghai har-hour must be protected and, if all other methods fail, we shall be forced to take mont definite steps to correct this situation.
A telephone conversation of con-iderable significance took place at oon yesterday between the Japan-exe Consulate and the Secretariat of the Greater Shanghai Municipal Administration, The Japanese Viee-Consul_complained that Chinese troops stationed along the Nantao Bund on the night of February 10 opened fire with rifles and guns on the Japanese warships, Tokiwa and Ataka.
He further alleged that two
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