CHINESE ATTACK.
INTENSE BATTLE AT DAWN
NORTH-EAST OF SHANGHAI
Received August 14, 1.55 p.m. SHANGHAI, Aug. 14. Clhinese infantry and artillery at 4.20 this morning launched simultaneous attacks against the Japanese cotton mills in north-east Shanghai and positions near the Japanese headquarters. Japanese machine-guns and trench mortars returned the fire. An official Japanese report admits that the Chinese “press stronglyThe battle developed in intensity as the first light of dawn appeared. The Chinese attacks were well timed as they were launched immediately it became evident that the weather precluded Japanese aerial activity.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVII, Issue 218, 14 August 1937, Page 2
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