Chinese forces, early, yesterday morning. launched a determined attack on- Japanese positions near a village in the north-west of Shanghai University, but were repulsed with severe losses after a bitter 20-minutes battle, a spokesman for the Japanese Fleet announced yesterday afternoon.
The attack, the spokesman said, was launched shortly after dawn, at about 5.30 o'clock, and by six o'clock, the Chinese were fleeing. Examina-n of the insignia found - the Chinese dead after the battle, indicated that the troops were part of the 20th Independent brigade.
The spokesman further explained the object of the bombardments carried out by Japanese naval aircraft during the past few days.
Chinese gun emplacements in Pootung, the spokesman said, are the targets for Japanese bombers. He added that naval aircraft had also been engaged in bombing the Chinese positions at the front, and also behind the Chinese lines.
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