JAPANESE OPEN STRONG ATTACK AT SHANGHAI
STOUT 'RESISTANCE MET INFANTRY ADVANCE BEHIND CREEPING BARRAGE Received February 21, 5.5 p.m. SHANGHAI, Saturday. The Japanese moved to the attack at about 7.30 this morning-. "We gave them 30 minutes grace and now we must take the offensive. The end of our patience is reached," said Lieutenant General Uyeda, Japanes6 eommander.
Lt 8.50 a deafening roar of artil- - in the vicinity of Chapei indiidthat the Japanese offensive had un. Two columns advanced been Shanghai and Woosung against Chinese position in the middle , which is approximately six miles ii, Chapei. ■ bservers state that the operations reminiscent of the Great War, the mese using a brigade and a-half, ied by tanks and preceded by iplanes enfllading the Chinese ches, the troops following behind eeping barrage. lie Japanese at present are iping everything before them, dei stout resistance by the Chinese, are sadly handicapped by lack aaterial, while the Japanese are llently equipped. thers deseribe the fighting as on mll scale, the Japanese awaiting full expiration of the time ultiim, 5 o'clock this evening. the meantime the British and r foreign authorities are assisttheir compatriots to evacuate the ;er zone.
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Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 1, Issue 154, 22 February 1932, Page 5
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