The Chinese claimed last night that an attempt to land more troops by the Japanese at Liuho had been. repulsed, They stated that the, apanese approached the river bank in small motor launches, but were driven off without difficulty.
Throughout the day bombing was reported in the vicinity of the Liu-hong wireless station and—several times near and to the south of the Kiangwan Civic Centre. The. area round the Civie Centre was also heavily shelled at intervals, apparent~ ly in conjunction with the Japanese attack outside the Yangtszepoo district, Along the Nanking-Shanghai Railway to the north df St. John's University, bombs could be seen exploding, and at Yinghsiangkong, the Far Eastern Race Course, there was a particularly sustained air rai All this shelling and bombing was done by the Japanese, but the Chinese, during the same period, were by no means silent. The district round the Japanese Naval Lending Party barracks was again subjected to artillery fire, and several fires were started behind the Japanese lines, Two were reported from the vicinity of Hongkew Fire Station.
Chinese shells also burst round the Commercial Press building in Chapei, a few hundred yards outside the Settlement boundary, and later yesterday afternoon a huge tige was started, presumably by Chinese shells, near the Public Mortuary, close by the Hongkew Fire Station.
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