1937-08-30 — Page 9

NORTH STATION BATTLE Chinese Troops Fighting With Superb Bravery

FOREIGN INDIGNATION

AT JAPANESE BARBARITY

Shanghai, 11 a.m., To-day.

The district round the North Station con- tinues the centre of severe fighting, but it remains firmly in the hands of the Chinese troops.

The Japanese have thrown all available re- sources in the Hongkew area into the onslaught without avail and Japanese headquarters have been forced to admit the superb bravery of the Chinese troops, who are those of the Second Divi- sion, reinforced by the Nanking "Crack" Division. At no point have the Japanese succeeded in ad- vancing their lines, all frontal attacks in this dif- ficult sector being thrown back with disastrous losses.com

One Japanese unit was cut off and only a score succeeded in breaking through in a desperate at- tempt to regain their lines.

FRENCH BUDGET BALANCED

Paris,To-da

The Council of Minister yes-

terday accepted the Budget pro- Finance Minister, M.

posals for 1938 submi

Bonnet.

the

The proposals show that venue and expenditure have been balanced-Trans-Ocean

Foreign quarters point out that

if the Japanese intention is to stop troop movements, this could be just as well achieved by bombing thei Strack beyond the two

Chinese machine-gun outposts have exacted LAND ATTACKS HURLED-BACK heavy tribute and most of the Japanese attacks have broken down before reaching the Chinese main defence line. Our Own Correspondent. TOWN OF WOOSUNG DESTROYED

Shanghai, To-day

Japanèse att orth Station area

and hands

the fighting

to have flanking movement

HEAVY FIGHTING

Japanese Offensive In Hongkew

Shanghai, To-day.

of the

apanese

effect a junction with the nes in Shanghai have

been foiled

A large number of Japanese re- just arriving in Shang- hai have completed concentration in the Hongkew area. They simultane- ously launched offensives against the Chinese position at North Szechuen Boad and Chun Kung Road in Yang- tsepoo to-day but have made

in face of stiff Chinese

Hua Nan News

sistence

HUGE FIRES IN CHAPEL

Chinese Air Raids. This Morning

Chape

taste

Lotien

retaliation for the Japane

to have

and Chapel,

in Hongkew

Japanese warships

The regrouping of the Chinese and Japanese captured many Japanese armies in the fighting area north of Shanghai is Thirty continuing, and in spite of harassing air raiders, Woosung the Japanese have landed more men and artillery in the Woosung region.

از چهار پایه

The Chinese, after having successfully evaded the Japanese encircling movement and holding on stubbornly to their previously prepared lines of de- fence, are engaged in strengthening their posi- tions against the time when the inevitable Japan- ese attack is launched.

Such withdrawal of Central Government troops as was necessitated for strategic reasons was car ried out in masterly fashion, skirmishing parties successfully covering the retirement.

Kating

left their anch

lying further.

the Lion Forts

planes systema

Japanese positions

tsepoo and Ja

panese warships lying in the Wham-

poo River and at

sumed that this move morning-Hua

bombardment of the front. Trans-Ocean.

positions on the Lotien

POOTUNG THREAT

Preparations For A Landing

Shanghai, To-day.

oosung early this

LARGE NANKING

REINFORCEMENT

New Troops Placed In "Hot" Sectors

s reported that troops the Chinese lines in the

all

Shanghai areas have been sung-

relieved Large-reinforcements arrived from The Japanese military are ob- Nanking have been despatched viously intending to land Japanese the fronts from Woosung to Linho,

Dagverly in this area

North of Shanghai University the Japanese troops at Pooting and Nanwei. Such while those marines suffered heavy loss in attempting to estab- fact that two Japanese destroyers the quieter sector in the Shanghai- an intention was revealed by the have been sent to reinforce those in lish contact with the Japanese detachments fur-were seen yesterday towing a float- ther north along the Whangpoo.

ing wharf, 1,000 feet long, in the

THE TOWN OF WOOSUNG, ALMOST RAZED TO THE direction of the Pootung water front. GROUND DURING THE 1932 WAR, HAS NOW BEEN COM The Chinese defence forcces are PLETELY DESTROYED BY THE INTENSIVE FIGHTING OF Preparing to challenge attempt at THE LAST FEW DAYS.

landing. -Hua Nan.

JAPANESE SHIPS HARASSED

THE HEAVY FIRING OF GUNS IN THIS AREA CAN BE DISTINCTLY HEARD IN SHANGHAI ITSELF. SOME OF THE SHELLS, BELIEVED TO BE FROM LARGE-CALIBRE GUNS, ARE EVEN FALLING IN YANGTSEPOO-TRANS OCEAN,

BARBAROUS BOMBING CONTINUES

Shanghai, To-day.

Japanese planes are again bombing the Cha- pei area in the immediate vicinity of the Interna- tional Settlement, as well as the district west of North Station, and large columns of smoke bear witness to the destruction being caused.

Considerable indignation has been aroused among foreigners in Shanghai by the Japanese bombing of civilians in Nantao and in the North Station area.

Shanghai, To-day. Except for brief appearances of Chinese planes, which assed the Japanese warships harbour, the

quietly and morning came with out the usual aerial

gunfire.Reuter

PLANES OVER TUKIEN

Foochow

It is reported that departure of the Japanes

Amoy and d his staff

However, the Japanese announce their inten- tion of continuing to bomb these areas, as both two North and South Station, they say, are being used **** for troop transport. -

Own

llowing

Our Own Correspondent

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