Japanese Warships and Chinese Battery At Pootung in Action: Battle Lasts Hours Whangpoo was again converted into.a scene of battle for several hours yesterday when Japanese warships in the river were engaged in action with a hidden Chinese battery in Pootung and intermittently from 10.30 a.m., until 6 p.m., the waterfront re-echoed with the sound of bombardment as shells flew across the river, and Chinese fire registered far more accuracy than ever before.
Two direct hits were made on the N.Y.K. mail wharf next to the Consulate, several fell in the vicinity of the Japanese flagship Idzumo and an armed Japanese transport which appeared in the afternoon, and others fell in Hongkew, one creating another big fire behind the Consulate.
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