The Chinese spokesman yesterday stated that the new posts had been well consolidated, advantage being taken of the lull following the Chapel withdrawal. Adequate defence moat sures, he said, had been taken against all. possible ' movements, while Nantao due precautions were also being taken.
"Japanese pressure in the Nanziang sector, he continued, had increased, In the Liuho and Kwangtu sectors, he reported, there was no change, 'The battalion' in Chenju has slipped away.
Pootung wag bombed and bombarded several*times yesterday, with naval planes and naval guns active, Nantao Studlea Tokyo, Oct, 20, Aided by a map of Shanghai and photographs of Chinese sandbag batrieades.on the borders of Naniao and the French Concession, the spokesman of the Foreign OMice, at press conference to-day, emphasized the dimiculties of the Japanese in al lacking Nantao. 'The situation' was 30 complex, he pointed out, that feared, despite every precaution, Unexpected "regrettable Tneldents might take place—Reuter,
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