Quiet prevailed alor all sectors manned by the apanese special naval landing party on the night of Tuesday a communique issued by the command of the nese Third Fleet stated at 9 lock yesterday morning. This was the first Third Fleet communique issued since the outbreak of the loca! he tilities, A bombardment with shrapnel was opened against the Naval Landing Party barracks from Chinese batteries at Pengpu in the western part of Chapei during the night, but these were silenced by heavy Japanese artillery, the announcement declared.
An aerial bombardment of the Nanking aerodromes was again carried out during the night. While met by a heavy barrage of anti-aircraft fire, the Japanese craft returned safely to their base after accomplish ing their task, the communique Further details of the landing of Japanese regulars in the vicinity of munique from the Nanking and Shanghai Garrison Headquarters cording to this communique, released by Dr. Tang Wu, vice-director of the local office of the Headquarters at a press conference yesterday aftemncon, the Japanese landed at several places in the vicinity of Woosung Simultaneously with the landing of small detachments at Changwalipang and other points, less than a brigade of the invading forces sucqpeded in coming to the shore at a point between Paoshan and Siao Chuensha.
The landing operations began at 2 a.m. on Monday, and severe fighting did not cease until 2 p.m., when the Japanese were repulsed.
One small detachment, reached as far as Lotien.
Chinese reinforcements succeeded in driving them back asserted, This was the seventh raid against military establishments in the Chinese capital, the Japanese announced.
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