A Japanese heavy bomber, which' was circling over Pootung at 6.0 'O'clock yesterday morning evidently' with a view to bombing the locality, suddenly nose-dived and fell on the Toot of a house at Kaomiaochen near the Standard Oil plant. The engine was badly damaged, and two dead bodies were found among the wreckage, according to Chinese reports. As the' bomber could have accommodated more than two persons, a search war being made in the vicinity.
Marrassing Pootung Shells Over Siccawet The landing this morning, it is be Vieved in Chinese circles, was more with a view to disturbing the rear of Chinese forees entrenched in Pootung than showing any serious intention to put ashore a fair sized army to engage the defenders in a large-scale battle in the Hangchow Bay.
In the first place, that section of the Kiangsu-Chekiang coast is well fortified, being garrisoned by the same Chinese army unit now in Pootung. 'Then, the sandy beach there does not' lend itself easily to major landing. operations, Kingsankwel, situated on the Kiang. ssu-Chekiang border, is about 120 kilometres south of Shanghai, chow Creek Fighting Reinforced by about 2,000 to 3,000 more men, Japanese troops in the vicinity of Dien Doo extended their operations on Thursday night and were yesterday holding "an aren roughly one kilometre square on the south bank of the Soochow Creek, according to a Chinese military spokesman at yesterday' afternoon's press conference, The enemy forces landed at two villages, one to the south and one to the north of Tsang Ka Za, As the Chinese position in Tsang Ka Za was exposed to enemy fire from two op posite sides, Chinese troops took "up 4 now position north of Pah Zu Jao village (another Bight "Character on the bank of Chuchiapang me spokesman said, From Sung Ka Doo, another Japanese force attempted yesterday morn-Ing to eross the creek to reinforce the 100 men now barricaded ina emall red brick house on the south bank, Aflor being heavily punished by. the Chinese troops, the enemy withdrew Dut a small number was still remain~ ing inside the building. In the "ftor~ noon, Japanese artillery heavily bom-boarded the area to the south of it, the spokesman said.
Japanese infantry, supported tanks and armoured cars, attacked Chinese "advanced positions eas Kiangehiao on Thursday—afternoon, By a flanking movement the enemy forces were driven off, suffering heavy: casualties, the spokesman said.
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