\Steady advance in the Chapei sector, despite stubborn Chinese opposition, was claimed last night in a communique issued by the headquarters of the Third Fleet.
Among "he Chinese positions captured, the announcement said waste [Sikh gurdwara, close to the Shanghai-Woosung "Railway. The gurdwara, the announcement said, was captured after the Japanese bluejackets charged the Chinese soldiers with bay-oners and -hand-grenades. Chief Warrant Officer Wakizaka led the assault.
Important gains were also made in the sdiregtion of the Commercial Press building, Paoshan Road, in collaboration with the-Onishi detachment, whose positions last lit were in the vicinity of Paoshan and Paoshing "Roads.
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