Evening star., 1932-02-29
CHINESE DRIVEN
BACK At CHAPEL
Artillery Opens Up as 5000
More Japanese Troops
Arrive.
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night as the ferocity of the battle
lulled
Tonight the clouds above Woosung
were aglow from great fire started by
Japanese shells in the outskirts of the
wrecked town, and the bombardment
was still going on.
Shell Damages U. S. Mission.
Apparently this was intended to pre-
vent activity by Chinese artillery
against the railroad yards south of
Woosung Greek, where several thousand
newly arrived japanese troops were
quartered
Several truckloads of Japanese infan-
try with large quantity OF stores and
ammunition moved from the Yangtze
wharves to the Japanese headquarters
at Kiangwan tonight.
During the days fighting the Ameri-
can Southern Baptist Mission was
damaged again when a shell tore through
the wall of one Of the school buildings
This has happened several times pre-
ViouSly and each time a protest has
been registered by the American au-
thorities. The property IS owned by
the Southern Baptist Church of Rich
mond. Va.
The Japanese said they lost two
killed and nine wounded in today'S
battle. A blistering barrage laid down
by their field guns in Hongkew Park
was signal for their surprise attack.
Under the protection of the artillery
their engineers bridged Hongkew Creek
and then, led by two armored cars and
two tanks, the bluejackets scattered the
Chinese front line forces with hand
grenadeS.
Further Advance Baked.
A further advance was baked, how
ever, by the stubborn resistance of the
Chinese secondary defenses.
Shrapnel was used with deadly ef-
feet on the fleeing Chinese. The latter,
however, constantly swept the barbed
wire entanglements with a rain of
machine gun and rife fire, which i'm
peded the progress of the japanese
drive.
While the bluejackets slowly pushed
their line forward, Japanese airplanes
subjected the Chinese positions in the
rear to a continual rain of high ex-
plosive bombs, apparently in an effort
to destroy Chinese gun emplacementsI
A number of bombs were dropped along
the Shanghai Railroad at the
Markham Road yards.
At noon japanese naval authorities
said 5000 additional soldiers from
Japan had arrived within the last 10
hours.
Most of the reinforcements were
landed at WooSung, 16 miles away, but
those aboard the transports came into
the International Settlement, were dis
embarked on the Japanese wharves and
proceeded from there to their quarters.
Attack Called Protective Move.
The heavy guns of today's battle be-
gan to roar soon after daylight and
many Shanghai residents went to their
Offices to the accompaniment of the
explosions.
AS the afternoon wore on there was
no sign of a slackening of the heavy
firing. Japanese said the attack was
not an offensive but was made to pro-
tect the newly arrived troops, who were
moving into the lines from just north
of Chapel all along the front toward
Kiangwan.
Late in the afternoon, although the
Smelling had gone on for hours, the
lines Of both forces had not budged an
inch.
1t was believed many Chinese civil
1ans must have perished in the area be-
yond the Chinese lines, into which large
numbers OF the japanese shells fell The
Chinese moved In additional forces of
infantry behind their front line bar
ricaoeS, apparently expecting a Japa-
nese infantry advance, but none came.
The continuous sheets of Chinese ma
chine gun fire seemed enough to dis
courage any attempt to push the Japa-
nese line forward
Two truckloads of wounded Chinese
civilians were brought from Chapel into
the Settlement late in the afternoon
through the lines held Ivy the United
States Marines. More tnan 100 other
wounded Chinese struggled into a Chi
neSe relief station in the western por-
ton OF the Chapel area, well within
range OF the Japanese SHELLS Chinese
relief workers said their work was con-
tinuing at the Chapel station in spite
OF the danger from the artillery fire.
Wind Forces Planes Down.
In the afternoon a strong wind forced
the Japanese airplanes down, but the
artillery continued to pound away.
AS result OF the arrival of the new
troops at Woosung the water front there
and at the japanese poslrlons behind it
became extremely active again after
many days Of virtual desertion.
When arrived there the forces were
all landed. Immense piles of supplies
Most OF 1t seemed to be ammunition.
The soldiers were carrying large numbers
of pistols, rifles and machine-guns into
the camp and others were testing these
arms by raining bullets into the sur
lace OF the muddy Whangpoo River, ap-
parently seeking to determine if the
guns were in good condition
No ships were visible, although more
were expected, and it seemed likely that
PnnOnlPtn RI I,o
landed by tomorrow morning
While I prowled within the japanese
camp unchallenged, several japanese
seaplanes appeared nearby and dropped
few bombs on the Woosung forts and
the surrounding territory, apparently to
keep any Chinese there well within their
dugouts and to forestall any possibility
of the Chinese opening up on the new
troops from the guns in the fort, within
easy range.
Temporary Barracks Crowded.
Along the upper reaches of Woosung
Creek some firing was going on in the
japanese machine gun positions which
have been located there for several
days. The japanese apparently were
seeking either to penetrate the Chinese
defense along the south shore of the
creek or to amuse themselves shooting at
nothing in particular Life in that Sec
tor has recently been dull and monoto-
nous
In the Japanese camp the temporary
barracks were crowded, and they clat-
tered with the tramp of heavy boots
and the rattle of arms as increasing
numbers of these were brought from the
water front. There was no evidence OF
heavy guns. continued to observe the
activity within the camp until my pres
aa| S0 hn tfor orfi
usual amount of attention. when left
Naval officials said more troops would
be arriving during the next few days,
adding, I'VE are preparing for renewed
offensive"
Commenting on the battle going on