Chinese batteries at Pootung, the spokesman said, shelled several Japanese transports which had arrived during the day and moored along the Yangtszepoo foreshore to discharge war supplies. The Jukong Whart dump was hit by several Chinese shells, he said. Guns of the Japanese warships later replied put failed to find the Chinese gun emplacements. The duel continued throughout the night.
Japanese aeroplanes were busy throughout the day, first bombing Pootung and then all roads leading io Dazang, the spokesman reported. It would appear that the whole area in the sky was divided into zones, and squadrons of three planes were assigned to bomb a particular zone thoroughly, the spokesman said. When a squadron had exhausted its supply of bombs, a new squadron would appear to take its place, In this way the bombing was kept up from morning till late in the after: noon. Although the flying was
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