Chinese heavy artillery emplacements and troop concentrations in Pootung, at Yanghangchen, and Kiangwan, were bombed by Japanese naval aircraft on Saturday, the headquarters of the Japanese Fleet announced yesterday morning.
Chinese barracks near the Civic Centre and at the Labour University Kiangwan, as well as the Garrison headquarters "at Lunghwa were also bombed, the announcement added, Bluejackets of the Japanese Special Naval Landing Party, the statement declared, repelled a Chinese attack late on Saturday night on the northern and eastern fronts, The Chinese attack, the statement revealed, was first made in the Chapei sector. Although the advancing troops used field-pieces, the attack was successfully driven off by sharp Japanese rife fire, the announcement added. The Chinese left many casualties, the statement said.
Temporary Chinese ammunition dumps established in the Paoshan Paper Works and in the Cheming Kungssu buildings at Patzuchiao, were destroyed by Japanese artillery fire, the announcement added.
The second attack, the statement asserted, was made early on Sunday morning but also failed. The battle lasted for one hour, the announcement added.
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