Twenty-five hangars @ere also stated to have been destroyed.
Japanese aerial losses in the period were officially put at 16 machines lost.
A junction between the Japanese land troops ope: from Woosung and the Japanese naval landing party holding a line north of Shanghai Japanese Claim Victory Japanese infantry, landed in this area on August 23, early yesterday morning broke through the "second defence lines" of the Chinese forces at an undisclosed place, according to fan announcement issued by the Japanese Army authorities. The Chinese troops, the statement claimed, were retreating westward, Lotien Occupied Lotien was occupied by Japanese troops yesterday afternoon, Japanese military authorities announced. Fighting had been "comparatively mild" yesterday, the statement added.
Accurate fire from Japanese guns, the announcement continued, succeeded in silencing a Chinese artillery battery of five pieces at Chiang-hua pin, near the Shanghai-Nanking railway workshops.
Heavy damage was also inflicted on other Chinese artillery units, the statement said, adding that the Japanese army detachments were aide tin considerably by a steady barrage from Japanese warships.
Tu a twenty-minute air raid yesterday morning, Japanese aircraft successfully bombed: Chinese machinegun positions in the Pootung sector, Japanese military authorities announced. The statement claimed that heavy damage was inflicted on the Chinese.
Gun-fire at Woosuny Heavy gun-fire was reported from the vicinity of the Yangtze River North of Woosung and a Japanese bombing squadron of four planes dropped 12 bombs in the area between Wootai Road and the Lien Yee Cemetery about one and a half miles north-west of the Baptist Mission.
Japanese planes bombed Chenju wireless station between two and three pin. A big fire was reported from the vicinity of the Chapei Power Ca. Sub-Station Japanese Casualties 3 Casualties sustained by the Japane ese Army units landed near Shanghai on August 28 numbered 410 in the first 72 hours of hostilities, the local military authorities announced here yesterday.
The Japanese losses were: killed in action 65; wounded 345.
Included among the killed officers and men were two infantry majors, Masao Shimosaka and Masayuki Yazumi.
Of the wounded officers and. men, 183 were taken to the Naval' Hospital in Sasebo, Kyushu, aboard the s. Anyo Maru; which left here on August 24, the statement revealed.
Quiet in Shanghai No reports of street fighting within Settlement areas were received yes terday morning. Several missiles, however, landed in the Settlement. At 420 am. yesterday two shells exploded in or near Ward Rosd Gaol pud five Indian warders were reported to have been wounded by shrapnel, (two seriously). In the Yulin Road District two aerial bombs exploded west of the Police Station and several bombs were so reported to have exploded in the vicinity Yangtszepoo Station, but no details of the damage had been received at the hour when Hongkew, Yulin Road and Yangtszepoo Police Stations reported "All Well"; Ward Road gaol forwarded the message about the injuries to the Indian warders; and the Reserve Unit (East), Chemulpo Road. und the Waterworks Sub-Station also reported "All Well".
Air raids over Pootoo Road, Hong-ow, Yulin Road, and Yangtszepoo Districts at about midnight and 2.15 a.m. by Chinese planes were reported 46 have been repelled by anti-aircraft guns.
Shelling of Pootung On Thursday evening a Japanese cruiser lying at the N-Y.K. Wayside wharf was reported to be shelling towards Pootung and there was also shelling in the vicinity of Chungshan und Wootai Roads and the Shanghai Woosung Railway west of the Japanese Naval Landing Party Headquarters.
A fire was reported in the Urga, Hailar and Chaoufoong Roads neighbourhood.
Three Japanese seaplanes yesterday morning bombed machine gun posts on the Pootung side.
Lull at Woosung After four days' fierce. fighting, Chinese and Japanese troops in the Woosung area have been since late on Thursday night having a respite University will be(eHected. within a day or two, a military spokesman declared. The Japanese front Woosung was subjected to repeated night attacks on Thursday but all onslaughts were repulsed, according to the spokesman.
Chinese forces, he stated, appeared to be falling back on Kiating and Nanziang.
personally expect that they will make a stand along that line," the spokesman declared
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