Frequent attacks by units in Chapei upon the Japanese Naval Landing Party's lines on Monday night were repulsed "with heavy losses." Units forming the right wing of the Landing Party's lines advanced during the night to the Commercial University, a Japanese naval spokesman claimed yesterday morning.
The following raids were carried out by naval aircraft on Monday, the spokesman revealed:—On Chinese positions at Lo Yuan Kiang, Nanziang, Chinchiakou and Tuandu, south of Tezang; On Chapei and areas north of $13 Chapei; On troop concentrations at Chuching" kiang and Kiuwangmimo, the kilometres south-west of Tazang; On troop concentration and army When- the first flash of the fall of Tazang was made public in Hongkew, the news spread like wildfire among the Japanese residents and within a few minutes Japanese flags were unfurled from windows and doorways.
By five o'clock yesterday afternoon, most of the main streets were bedecked with Japanese flags while people milled around the bulletin boards which carried the news of the fall of Tazang and the subsequent capitulation of Miaohangchen, 4 Officials of the Japanese Residents' Corporation assembled at their headquarters at Quinsan Road and in a simple but dignified ceremony offered toasts to the Emperor, the Army and the Navy.
With nightfall nearing, the crowds dispersed but in front of each closed shop excited little groups talked of the developments of the day.
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