Japanese artillery on Chapel atart-The concentrated fung of the While Japanese soldiers are Amown to have landed from the: Shanghai Maru at the N.Y.K. wharf, the total number of the rein-Forcements carried on the three ves sels could not be ascertained.
The arrival of the three Japanese vessels followed a day during which the Japanese artillery here carried the main burden of the offensive operations, Continuitig the recent-Ty. adopted policy of "concentrating! all available ordnance at one time on one certain objective, the-big_ guns in Hongkew Park and other Tocations Inear that area, shortly' before daybreak yesterday' morning, subjected Chinese gun emplacements; fand trong points in Chapel to the most severe bombardment. that, has Deen directed so far against. these positions, Battery Blown Sky High So intensive and devastating were the effects of the large highsexploprojectiles fired by the Japanese runners. working in concert, that none instance, observers reported seeing a number of battery" whee together with huge pieces of wreck fge, hurled a distance of several Mindred yards to adjacent roof-tops by. the force of one combined ex. That the bombardment move than the usual consterpation among the Chinese defenders Chapel was evident from. the diving' its height, scores: and avtillerymen aban: positions and fled points neat the International Settleent boundaries, where the Japan-fee projectiles could not reach the According to foreign observers, th aig Chinese entrenchments: in th Joeallty must have been held by but.a"skeleton force until the Japanese juns ceased their offensive, While the Japanese air corps on Friday. assumed the major part the attack against the Chinese Nine teenth Route Avmy and other Chiese strongholds, the Japanese artillery yesterday took up. the burden, as mother intensive axtlery bombardment also was conduct against the Teetzeling Forts, be-een Paoshan and Livho, in, the Woowung, fertiled area. 'Three istinet operations marked the bombardment, frst a raid by a combined gouadron' of military" and naval planes at. 7.30" yesterday. morning, then so second aerial attack aided by shelling froma Japanese. cruiser squadron. inthe Yangtze River at 40" o'clock and finally a. concerted Dombardment from aloft and a mixed flotilla of revisers and. de-Htroyers in the afternoon. " While a brisk return fire from the forts was noted during, the first. shelling, the fammver gradually dwindled away nti in the afternoon no reply at all ame from the Chinese guns, While these operations were taking place yesterday, the troops of the Japanese Ninth Division in the 'Kiangwan sector, were, employed mainly in driving small' Chinese machine gun detachments out of petitions too close to the Japanese Tines for comfort and in routing out snipers in the roar area. At two Oelgck yesterday afternoon, the centre of the Japanese Southern Column; in front of Kiangwan village and for a short distance along their left wing Iaunched an attack against @ line of Chinese entrenchments. As the operation was of a minor nature, the Japanese forces did not attempt to advance any further than their immediate ob-Jective from which the Chinese were driven after two bayonet charges.
'Last night considerable art ery" five was reported along' the Kiangwan front) but was deemed to be the regular bom-Bardment to der Chinese troop movements. While during} the day the Chinese in Chapei Moo Sehainch Sti Totoro punishment that must have been Tee! dunk he nese since CEE Sele ake Ete, "alee phe fom nets hace ann penct on the Stee, Makin'. Rests Hehe hel appre fad Meehan ta tid wal oad Se ie ieee This picture shows the effect of Jed promptly at 5 o'clock yesterday Selecting certain" posi the Japanese gunners fired in alves, three and four project tiles reaching the one objective at the same time. The resulting explosions were among the loudest lat have as yet awakened sleeping Shanghai, while the damage executed was reported as very extensive, Tu addition to the destruction of the Chinese battery. another volley of shells landed apparently the very midst inese barricade formed of cordwood, behind which several trench Pilea of the wood were. thrown mortars. were sheltered. Hi
all directions, mingled every description of "debris, whi an both sides of the barricade rui fed houses collapsed on the wreckage, Another salvo was directed against a Chinese position cental four machine guns on top of a residence, for. the purpose of ce Dating alreratt. When the sin lof the totally obliterated.
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