In a communique issued earlier in the evening, the headquarters of the Third Fleet announced that the blue jackets of the Landing Party had successfully repelled a series of Chinese attacks, made under the cover of darkness, and were, in their turn, launching an attack on the Chinese positions in the vicinity of Kiangwan-chen, The Landing Party's lines, according to the communique, ran last night through the Chungieh Girls' School, North of Hongkew Park, the Yuehtung Middle School and the Tahua farm.
The Chinese positions, the statement added, were heavily shelled by Japanese field batteries and the heavy guns of Japanese men-of-war on the river.
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