Bombing and shelling of Chinese positions continued from dawn yesterday until late last night. Japanese aeroplanes appeared at daylight and throughout the day bombed Chapei and the areas traversed by three highways converging on Tazang. North Station and the Chungshan Road areas were shelled and artillery operations were reported as far out as Pangpu. An area about one mile east of the M. K. K. Wharf was also bombed yesterday morning.
During the day a constant attack on Chinese positions by artillery and from the air was carried out. Among the areas bombed were one mile from the Central Mint, one mile from Tazang, a point: two miles south-east of Pootung Point, and behind the M. K. K. Pootung Wharf, already heavily bombed in the morning.
Artillery: fire was poured on the Commercial Press building, Chapei, along Jukong Road and the Shanghai-Nanking Railway, along Yungshing and Paoshan Roads and Paoshan and Jukong Roads, and in the vicinity of the Dixwell Road police station.
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