Two of the British planes could be eon sweeping down out of the overcast night and flying directly over Government buildings in the Wile holmstrasse, including the Chancel-
By 140 am, today (8.10 am. Shanghai D.L,) anti-aircraft bat tories had increased the tempo their fire and the din of bomb ex-losing was coming from all sides—from the contre of the city to the north, west and cast, To the north-west tracer, bullets fared across the sky indicating that German fighter planes had falcon to the air and were engaging the RAF. bombing squadrons, Violent anti-alreratt fire broke out dircellyy outside the United Press ofco at 1.15 am, and soon spread to dozen, other batteries throughout the mid-town area,
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