Dropping their load of bombs closer to the perimeter of the International Settlement than at any time before, four Japanese planes yesterday circled over the area just west of the boundary along the Soochow Creek. Apparently trying to hit the railway bridge north of Jessfield Station, and perhaps the Chungshan Road Bridge, they missed these objective, although they blew up the right of way just north of the railway bridge.
One bomb dropped squarely in Jessfield Road, in front of the Toyoda Mill, making a hole fully fifteen feet in diameter and five feet deep. It smashed a water main, and the gush of water flowed out of the hole and into the creek, Two bombs landed in the creek itself and two more in a field alongside Chinese houses severely damaging them.
Fortunately no loss of life occurred, ther in Chinese territory, around Jessfield Station, or among the British details manning the sandbag defences so rear to the bombed area.
In all about fifteen bombs were believed to have been dropped. The raid lasted over palt an hour. The Shangha!PingwBrigade turned out, but there was no work for them to do.
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