While the thunder of guns on the North and North-western fronts could not be heard s0 distinctly yesterday as on Saturday and Sun-ay, occasional bursts of heavy shelling' from those directions indicated that severe Aghting was still in pro-ress, while during the morning aero-Planes swooped down over the Chinese lines and dropped bombs.
Chapel, in a triangle between Markham Road railway. yards, the North Station, and the Wusih Guild, came in for heavy shelling throughout the whole day, the Japanese hig guns. By carly afternoon a Jatge fire had spread over almost 0 mile of this district, and a dense column of smédke formed a cloud over the whole of Shanghai.
Occasionally the Japanese would Janda big shell in the east of the blazing area, apparently along the railway lh 'A large. factory further to the west was also shelled ey them with heavy artillery. Smaller shells, from Chinese guns. landed yesterday afternoon in the vicinity of Dixwell Road, North Szechuen Road, and Darroch Roads, while smaller Japanese shells fell in the Haskell Road area and on the North Slation.
'The railway administration bulla ing which. up to yesterday had escaped the shell-fire with remarkably' little damage, was hit by sev tral shells during yesterday's ring. Gaping holes could be seen in the concrete walls of the building. The North Station area was also bombed planes during the early afternoon, as were Kungshing and) Yungshing Roads. Earlier in the day the Commercial Press, the Water Tower fon Paoshan Road, Kwangtung Rood immediately east of the railway, and the Chungshan Road between Kung-woo-sing Road and the railway were shelled by the Japanese, while Chinese shells were seen dropping on Sukong Road and Woosung Roads, oft North Szechuen Road, Cumine Road, and Darroch and-Wong Pang Roads.
Yesterday a Chinese shop was hit by a stray bullet in Sinza Road, but no one Was injured, The day before, it was reported yesterday, four
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