The building of the Shanghai HangchowzNingpo Railway Admi tration, next to the North Station, was shelled throughout the day by the Naval Landing Party's artillery, the communique said. Chinese troops stationed in the building, the announcement added, sustained heavy losses. "Also shelled was the area forth of Range Road, almost at the confluence of North Honan and Paoshan Roads. The artillery fire, the communique said: "provided valuable assistance to a unit of the Haji detachment, operating in the area".
Chinese positions in Kating. Tazang and Liuhang were bombed throughout the day by naval planes, collabordting with the Army units, While. in a power dive, the engine of a plane manned by Third Flight Sergeant Tatsuo Shinohara and First Class Seaman Sangoro Murai caught fie, "With the two men incinerated within, the pane crashed behind the Chinese lines.
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