Shanghai, Oct, 31.
Heavy gunfire shook the calm of the Central district last night when every Japanese warship in the vieln= ity 'f° Pootung Point loosed off at Chinese batteries in Pootung which started shelling Japanese vessels, about 740 pin. For two hours the sheing continued, Japanese ships, including the flagship Idzumo, drop: ping. scores of shells into Pootung with a frequency. which maintained a constant roar, shaking buildings on The Bund to their foundations The shelling continued {ill_ 8.10 o'clock, when there was a lull. Later the bombardment was resumed, last-Ing {iN about 920 o'clock. Shells from Pootung fel} in the Yulin Rond district of Yangstzepoo and caused. damage the extent of which could not be definitely ascertained last. night, The bombardment lighted up the banks of the river eeriely, and the Airing of the heavier guns caused the shores to tremble, breaking, windows im houses close by.
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