While the Japanese army units were capturing Woosung, Japanese men-of-war, according to a statement issued by the Third Fleet last night, were subjecting Chinese batteries and infantry positions on the ight wing of the Japanese line to heavy shelling."
Meanwhile, Japanese naval air units were bombing Chinese posi-ions in Woosung, Kiangwan, Tachang and Chapel, Two—Chinese Curtiss-Hawks, another communique of the Third Fleet claimed, were shot down in the morning while attempting to bomb Japanese men-of-war on the Yangtze River.
The destroyed aircraft formed a part of a strong Chinese air unit, the statement added. No damage wa: suffered by the Japanese warships.
In its first drive against Woosung village, the Japanese army yesterday morning opened a "determined offend sive" from the Whangpoo River, a spokesman for the Japanese Army announced yesterday afternoon.
After occupying the village at 1 o'clock following bitter fighting for <wo hours, the Japanese forces were stated to be pursuing retreating Chinese forces in a northerly and westerly direction. The Japanese attack was preceded by a vigorous naval artillery barrage and aeried bombardment, according to a naval spokesman.
The spokesman for the Chinese military headquarters late last night confirmed that Japanese troops had landed in the vicinity of Woosung and that heavy fighting had broken out in that area.
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