Two male Chinese were wounded at the corner of Hart Road and Singapore Road during the air raids on Friday night, a check of the casual ties revealed yesterday. Shrapnel fell in many parts of the International Settlement and the French Concession, fortunately causing no other damage. Bullets hit the Hongkew Police Station compound and- the Wayside Police Station, and an unexploded anti-aircraft shell fell in Park Road.
The clear, star-lit sky brought raiders over Shanghai three times on Friday night, and on each occasion the Japanese anti-aircraft batteries on shore and on land opened up with full barrages, The picturesque effect was enhanced by searchlights and tracer shells. No bombs dropped inside the Settlement limits, so far as could be ascertained, some falling into the river and some beyond the eastern Yangtszepoo area.
A Chinese communique issued yesterday morning claimed that one Japanese warship was badly damaged during the first air raid at. 12.19 o'clock on the morning. Altogether four bombs were dropped, and one of them directly hit the vessel.
During the second raid at 12.20, the planes, after having bombarded Japanese positions at Yangtszepoo, laid three "eggs" on the Japanese men-of-war in the Whangpoo. The resultant damage is yet unknown, the communique said. authorities of the University are planning to open the autumn term jon September 20.
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