ALLEGES HER OPERATIONS ARE DEFENSIVE.
HEAVY BOMBING AND SHELLING CONTINUE. (United Press Assn.—Elcc. Tel. Copyright.) (Received August 17, 11 a.m.) TOKIO, August 16. The Government has replied to the Powers that Japan is unable to relinquish her defensive operations. LONDON, August 16. Japanese gunboats this afternoon heavily shelled and bombed Pootung, a Chinese town on the other side of the Whangpoo River, opposite the international settlement, causing explosions which rocked Shanghai. The Chinese guns replied. The Japanese destroyed Hasu and shelled and set on fire a four-storey brick building oil the Chinese Bund which was allegedly harbouring a nest of machine-guns and snipers. Ambulances sped to the blazing building. It is feared the death-roll was heavy, as the district was densely populated. When night fell star shells lit up the battle grounds on all sections. Artillery and machine-gun fire was incessant, the Japanese resisting a desperate attempt by the Chinese to capture the Japanese headquarters. A tremendous explosion, the cause of which is not known, shook the Bund area like an earthquake. Warships are still pounding Pootung.
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Waikato Times, Volume 121, Issue 20274, 17 August 1937, Page 7
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177ALLEGES HER OPERATIONS ARE DEFENSIVE. Waikato Times, Volume 121, Issue 20274, 17 August 1937, Page 7
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