The Archive · 1937

Japanese Denial

An attempted Chinese bombing attack by "about ten machines" against Japanese war vessels anchored near Woosung on Monday evening resulted in "no hits, no runs, no errors," a Japanese naval spoke: man declared yesterday. He emphatic cally denied Chinese claims that two bursting of the shells is' anything to Japanese vessels had been hit by' the Chinese claimed that after a night craft.

The spokesman said that the of fighting, Chinese troops succeeded attacking

of land bordering on the Whangpoo fire. in cornering within a narrow strip being hit by Japanese anti-aircraft "planes escaped without

river, the Japanese soldiers who landed near the Jukong Whar': to threaten Chinese positions Kiangwan Civie Centre, at the LOCA

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