Heavy shelling and bombing of Chapei and Pootung constituted the main activities of Japanese forces in the Shanghai area yesterday. Five areas in the vicinity of the North -|Station, Jukong Road, and the Eight Character Bridge came in for considerable shelling, while bombs were dropped near the Commercial Press.
Yesterday afternoon, Japanese aeroplanes were active over Pootung as many as ten being counted in the air together bombing various Chinese positions, while Japanese warships intermittently dropped shells into the hinterland. The machines circled over the district for some hours, and a Japanese spokesman at yesterday's press conference declared that the Operations were carried out by crack squadrons of the Japanese air force. "They could almost hit an ant-hill," he declared referring to their bombing ability, and pointed ow that civilians living on the boundaries of Pootung and Chapei should have no cause for worry.
Shortly before 11 o'clock last night Japanese anti-aircraft guns broke the night's quiet and searchlights pierced the murky gloom as one solitary Chinese plane appeared and roared over the river. Whether any damage was done could not be ascertained.
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