Only Paoantui Men Seen in Tours of Boundaries:
Little News of Thrust in Lotien Area NESE regular troops have been withdrawn out of the Shanghai, Aug, 27,
immediate neighbourhood of Shanghai.
"They have established-a line more than one thousand metres beyond the Settlement boundary, and last night were busy erecting additional fortifications.
A tour of the northern defences made by a "North-China Daily News" representative yesterday afternoon, showed that the positions round the North Station were held only, by members of the Peace Preservation Corps. Of regular troops there was no sign.
Jet an a grave. There the mark held, their positions under a terrine Sriaod mines Raving: been tad bombardment.
The, tide of the war tually tured the. road opposite. Boundary Road in favour of the Chinese forces with White the removal. of some of the the "arrival of- reinforcements, A Sdvertising bourdings in that vicinity general offensive war Immediately Showed concrete Chincee machine founched, with hand-to-hand combats, {Bun posts, which gave evidence. resulting in the Japanese being forced reparation for major fighting, begun evacuate from the village.
Tong before.
'Avgreat' part of. Lotien was The Layel regiment yesterday took ruins," Many" shops "and" Chinese over the sector along the Settlement] houses wore destroyed by. shelling, boundary, and: Immediately establish-[but a Chinese. temple in the village
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