FRESH TROOPS IN DRIVE Japanese Make New Attempt At Woosung Landing
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BRITISH PREMIER'S NEUTRALITY ZONE
PLAN EFFORT
Shanghai, 11 a.m., To-day.
Shanghai's quietest night for a week was rude- ly shattered at about 7 a.m. this morning when Chinese artillery commenced a terrific bombard- ment of the Yangtsepoo area, the canonading spreading slowly along the lines toward Soochow Creek until the entire fighting line was involved from end to end.
Last night's quiescence is now revealed to have been due to the carrying out of a large scale relieving operations by the Chinese military head- quarters, who drew out the 88th and 87th Divisions, which have borne the brunt of the fighting and put the crack 1st and 2nd Divisions into the lines, ready for the fresh offensive heralded by this morning's hail of high explosive.
During the night, also, Japanese warships moved down river to Woosung and there are indi- cations that another attempt will be made to land in force.
JAPANESE AIR ATTACKS
On Gun Positions At -
Pootung
Shanghai, To-day.
After one of the quietest nights since the start of has- tilities on August 13, warfare was resumed in earnest at 5.30 this morning when three Ja- panese planes, emptied their bomb racks on Chinese gun posi- tions in Pootung. At the same time, Japanese warships fired half a dozen shells.
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The attack went unanswered. Last night there was only occa- sional shelling and brief bursts of machine-gun fire in all sec- tors. Reuter.
ANOTHER RAID ON NANKING
Beaten Off By A.A. Fire
Nanking, To-day.
RETURNING TO LONDON
London, To-day.
The Premier, Mr. Neville Cham- berlain, is returning to London from his fishing holiday in Scot land one day, this week. He will return before visiting the King at Balmoral.
Object of Mr. Chamberlain's return is to consult members of the Cabinet, particularly on the latest developments in China. Renter
LOYALS STOP CARS WITH SOLDIERS
Chinese Try To Enter Western District
An incident involving Chinese |troops and British members of the Shanghai Defence Force was re- ported in the Western outside roads district. According to word reach- ing the Settlement Police, eight lorry-loads of Chinese troops moy- fed towards Shanghai in Great Western Road when, at Keswick Road, they encountered a detail of the Loyal Regiment on defensive duty.
The Chinese soldiers attempted The city spent a restless might as to go through, but the British mi- three Japanese bombers again ap-litary quickly took up positions
after result was that the Chinese soldiers | turned about, and drove off. Not a
midnight.
Reports received in Shanghai indicate that no peared from the north-west landing had been attempted prior to 9.30 am. but the Chinese capital shortly the whole array of Japan's fighting ships were sys- They quickly disappeared, tematically shelling the Chinese positions. Chinese lever, as the result of heavy artillery was replying. Our Own Correspondent.
NEUTRALITY ZONE PLAN
London, To-day.
Mr. Neville Chamberlain's temporary inter- ruption of his holiday to return to London to-mor- row night, is mainly due to the situation at Shang-
hai, according to diplomatic correspondents.
It is hoped that by Wednesday official replies
aircraft fire-Renter
above land manned machine-guns. The
how-shot was fired.
anti-
The incident occurred at about 19.30 p.m., according to the report.
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Hitherto, neither China nor Japan has officially replied.
It is believed in London that China is not unfavourable to wards the plan and though it has been indicated that Japan will refuse, there is still hope that the Japanese Government will prove more amenable, if only to remove the impression of indifference to foreign opinion-Reuter.
JAPANESE SHIPS MOVE
Joint Foreign Naval Protest
Shanghai, To-day.
With the exception of two destroyers, who remain- ed behind to guard against hostile air attacks, all the Japanese warships in Shang- hai, including the Idzumo, moved to Woosung during the night in order to cover a determined attempt to land Japanese troops from trans-
ports and carry out a flanking movement. A battle between Japanese warships and Chinese artillery along the coast and in- land started at 8.30 this morn- ing.
Admiral Sir Charles
Little, United British C-in-C., and th
States
and French C-in-C's, have lodged a strong protest with the Japanese naval au- thorities over Japanese war- ships firing from the naval buoys off. the: Bund, where for- The eign warships are
Japanese protest requests th warships to move b half a mile river from the Garden Budge Reut
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