BATTLE OF CHAPEI

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 1, Issue 135, 30 January 1932, Page 5

BATTLE OF CHAPEI

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JAPANESE CARRY OUT MAjORBOMBffN&i5 71 ! 'ATfAEK'J *"• 3TRONG C|IJNESE RRSjlSTANCE

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Rec. Jan. 29, 11.35 p.rifi BHANGHAI, Friday. Fighting has reached almost a war scale iri Ghapej. GMriese" rinipefs are iolding out against 'the Japanesej and t 'is everi feported thafr 'tfiey hav4 luri'ounded amumber of Japanese. At 1.30 'p.m. four Japariese Air tyree bombers were Serit out to carry lut probably the"Biggest bombihg raid n China's history. "'Praxlds cji'cled the [oomed area and dropped deggs" at ntel'vals," ' while thousands of ■" speeators on roof-tops ih * the 'Internaional Se'ttlement who: wefe fortuhate ;o obtairi box ,■ sreat's, " saw fahiiliar ountains 1 of black debris tise. " * The railway 'station ' went up in moke, and 'the GbmriierciaT Press, the liggest Ghitiese orgahjsed printing rorks was destroyed by fire'. The Japanese learned that the Chinse had an armoured train within the ailway station ahd' tliey' decjded to ,'ipe it oUt. The Chinese within the settlement ecame panic-strieken and the banki rs have 'closed al| instfthtiohs. Chapei at present is on fire in three ilaces. :t i1- !Ui A Tokio message states that the ir-ship carrier Hosho and the second estroyer flotilla have left for Shangai. Ch'inese Mobilising, A Nanking message states that the hinese Government apparently intend o offer resistarice. • '* * *• ' * >1*' Reinforcements of Cantonese were wbilised and entrained'T&r Shanghai D-day. The troops were in highest pirits as they plodded to tHe station, houting patriotje slogans. The City was awakened this mornlg by intermitteht "rifle and machine un fire, with the boom of heavy guns tintervals and the droning of aerolanes. A heavy blanket of fog proably saved Chapei from further detruction, but firjiig continued in this rea, where the Japanese are meetig stubborn resistance. The only available report of the asualties is that 30 Japanese and 200 Ihinese have been killed.