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JAPANESE REPEAT TAZANG TACTICS

Infantry Onslaughts Regardless Of The Coat

DECIDING BATTLE FOR SHANGHAI IN PROGRESS

CHINESE MAINTAIN LOYAL REGT.

MAGNIFICENT MORALE

Shanghai, To-day.

FACED BY NEW PERILS

Shanghai, To-day.

The struggle now going on west of the Interna- tional Settlement, which is likely to be the deciding The close proximity of Chinese factor in the fate of Shanghai, has not yet yielded batteries and h-arcraft

concrete advantage to either side. sany

gun units to the British defence Although Chinese and Japanese reports con-sector in the Jessfield Park tradict each other, it would seem that the new vio-is giving rise to fears that anoth lence of the Japanese attack at the point about five Ango-Japanese incident may occu miles west of the Settlement is at last beginning to Yesterday, take effect, albeit at ghastly cost to the attacking troops.

Chinese

ers just opposite the British opened a heavy fire

planes

Japane

garded as almost certain

JAPAN

WANTS MORE RABBIT SKINS

Tokyo, To-day-- Japanese hunters have been called upon by the Japanese. War Office and the Ministry of Econo- mics in a common appeal to shoot -1,500,000 rabbits during the next

four months

Reason is that rabbit hides are needed for Fring winter miforms of the

in North

ChinaTraris-

JAPANESE LAUNCH NEW DESTROYERS

and capable of

The Japanese tactics appear to be the same as at Tazang a rain of metal from artillery and that the Japanese airmen will attent planes and then a mass attack regardless of the tempt to destroy these gun posi cost.

However, in spite of the fierce bombing and shelling, the Chinese troops are keeping their mag- nificent morale and are offering the same stubborn resistance they have shown throughout the Shang- hai war

THE JAPANESE ARE EVIDENTLY ENCOUNTERING GREAT DIFFICULTIES IN THEIR ATTEMPTS TO MOVE TROOPS AND WAR MATERIALS TO THE SOUTH SIDE OF SOOCHOW CREEK.

Indicative of the huge losses suffered by the Ja-

tions, strong pos

1,500 t of about

were launched to day

The ships Asagumo and

Own Correspon

which case there is 2 once again being involved.

of British troops Ocea

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