Bombing Over Markham Road Junction Continues:
Defending reaps Silent Shanghai. Aug. 30.
\HE positions of the Chinese and Japanese troops around 'Shanghai remained substantially unchanged yesterday. 'There were several Japanese bombing raids over' Pootung, which apparently had little effect on the Chinese positions. ode te tad Uhroughout Saturday night, when! Chinese artillery positions, subjected Hongkew to persistent shelling until three. o'clock yesterday morning and several shells exploded "within the West Hongkew" district, cles seine a itins eke! atte During the shelling of the district around the North "Station toward midnight on Saturday," more thay 12000" Chinese refugees crawled out of their beds to run for their lives. Best" of them boarded small boats fand steamers in the Soochow Creek for Wusih and' Soochow.
Between 7 and 730 yesterday] morning tve shells dropped Hongkew "causing" _undetermined damage. About halt a. mile north went of the North Station a big Are was spreading its sphere of destruetion.
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