APANESE forces who landed in the neighbourhood of Woosung on Monday, yesterday drove well into the area round Shanghai, reaching Loti en after having got control of the Liuho area. It was reported that they were advancing on Kiating, but Chinese reports stated that the Chinese were rushing reinforcements from that city towards the front line, and claimed to have the situat: ion "well in hand".
Late last night it was reported from the neighbourhood of the North Station that. Chinese troops appeared to be evacuating from the Chapei area, leaving Paoantui men in charge.
These reports could not be confirmed.
The Chinese authorities knew nothing of another report that the Japanese had landed troops somewhere near Chapoo, and this report was generally discredited.
Japanese planes bombed the Lunghwa area yesterday morning, drawing a heavy barrage fromthe, Chinese troops stationed in that area. Other bombing raids were carried orna throughout the day around Tazi and Chenju, and in Pootung, who the objective seemed to be one of the bridges over the light railway on that side, and in areas north of Shanghai and in the direction of Livho.
At 10 o'clock last night Chinese planes appeared over Shanghai and drew a brisk barrage of anti-aircraft fire from the Japanese ships in har-pour. Tracer'shells fired into the air gave the raid an unusually spec ocular appearance, while Verey lights were fired in Yangtszepoo and machine-gun fire could be heard from along the river front. So far as could be learned, however, there were no Chinese troops in the Yantszepoo district, unless they were scattered bands of snipers or plain-clothes men.
It was also reported last night that the Japanese haddanded in Chwansha, almost due east of Shanghai near the coast, but these reports also could not be confirmed last night Japanese aeroplanes yesterday afternoon carried out a severe bombardment of the North Station, dropping a number of bombs near the station building and along the railway line. Observers on the boundary could see little damage done to the line or the station, "Having made signal gains following their landing near Shanghai on August 24, Japanese troops yesterday continued to vance upon the Chinese lines," a high Army officer announced here yesterday.
Additional units were landed yesterday morning and immediately launched an offensive, the officer revealed, Meanwhile, the official said, Japanese naval planes dropped bombs on Chinese reinforcements, which were being massed behind the Chinese front line yesterday morning.
"The morale or our officers and men in the front lines is high," the side Woosung to make the planned raid
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