The Japanese batteries immediately north of the Soochow Creek, n the Shanghai-Hangchow-Ningpo railway, kept up a steady, at times fran-bombardment of the Chinese positions south of the creek throughout yesterday. From foreign houses in Rockhill Avenue the bursts of shrapnel could be plainly observed somewhere behind Kwang Hwa University, with bright flashes and white clouds Large-calibre hovitz r deep voices with the short detonations of trench-mortars, and machine-guns of varying calibre kept up a continual rat-tui-tat, A short distance beyond the outpost of the British troops, "S 1" in Rockhill Avenue, Chinese soldiers and labour corpsman were still at work digging trenches. Chinese soldiers could also be observed in Columbia Road, between Rockhill Avenue and Hungjao Road.
There was no aerial bombing of the sector yesterday.
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