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THE JAPANESE OFFENSIVE. A BOMBARDMENT LAUNCHED. SHELLS CAUSE DEVASTATION. United Press Assn.—Elec. Tfel. Copyright. (Received Aug. 17, li a.m.) SHANGHAI, Aug. 16. Firing ceased in Shanghai before midnight, and activities were transfered to Cape Yangtse-Kiang, south of the mouth of the Whangpoo where it enters the s.angse-Kiang-Here the Japanese are supporting the earlier landing of troops to threaten the Chinese lines north of Shanghai. They launched a bombardment In order to protect the landing of further reinforcements in fiat-bottomed boats, (hi A, e ° bject ot advancing against me Chinese concentrations on the Shanghal? k ° f Ule ' Vhans P°° °PP°sito The idumo haa moved down-stream apparcntljr to reinforce the bombard-Six-ineh shells f rom t!le cruisers foil de\aslatmgly among the Chinese ' vi, ° are armed only with i-illes 1 morlalS ' machine-guns and
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Waikato Times, Volume 121, Issue 20274, 17 August 1937, Page 7
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132TRANSFER OF ACTIVITIES. Waikato Times, Volume 121, Issue 20274, 17 August 1937, Page 7
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