ADDITIONAL FORCES
TO DEFEND SETTLEMENT
NUMBERS INCREASING
SHANGHAI, 3rd /February.
The fighting continued intermittently all night. The Japanese naval field batteries ■helled and broke the Chinese positions in front of the Northern Railway Station, and there were heavy casualties on both sides. The sharp crackle of machine-gun and rifle fire in; the Hongkew district is terrifying the residents.
When the additional international troops and naval vessels reach here the available foreign forces will total approximately 17,000 British, French, American, and Italian regulars, together with the Shanghai .Volunteer Corps. Nanking is comparatively quiet, but feverish military activities are progressing, i • -
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Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 29, 4 February 1932, Page 11
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99ADDITIONAL FORCES Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 29, 4 February 1932, Page 11
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