Most of the bombs dropped well clear of the British defence line along the Shanghai-Nanking Railway, the nearest exploding 500 yards beyond the boundary. For the most part. th> bombing was at least two miles away from where the British troops were holding the tine. and debris. Altogether - 29 houses were counted to have been destroyed or burned down. It was not known how many had: been d underneath, up to yesterday afternoon. Most of the houses on the main road remain intact, although all now anes were shattered. h the tea market, ere 3 persons were present, was k by a bomb, the general food et, which is a short distance escaped destruction.
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