Evening star., 1932-02-21

enough trenches and dugouts TO insure
protection, and when the big noise
started they got into the ground, waH-
Ing for the barrage to lit.
Behind their screen Of shells the jap
anese thrust out flles Of infantrymen,
well spaced to keep 10 the minimum
the casualties inflicted by the enemy
guns. The advance was carried out
cautiously, the files picking out cover
behind the walls Of wrecked buildings
and seeking the friendly side OF little
For the most part they encountered
only passive resistance.
BY sundown the attackers were on the
outskirts Of Kiangwan. where they
dug In.
On the right and left flank the I'd
vance was negotiated with q minlm,. N
OF opposition. The japanese goopleo up
the village Of Miau Hang Chan, nortn
Of KianRwan. without dificulty. and
the village Of Mang Zah Ka also was
easy for them.
Destroyers Attack Forts.
Woosung village, where the Chinese
had built strong trench positions 70
protect the rear Of the Woosung forts,
was q furnace. All day six japanese
destroyers shuttled back and forth along
the Woosung River front, their guns
streaming shells into the forts and the
Chinese emplacements behind.
Seven Japanese planes circled aDove
the Woosung area, keeping the warsmps
on the range. The purpose OF tne
action at this end of the line apparently
was to keep the Chinese occupied. Only
a few japanese infantrymen remained
In ho 6a
OF Woosung Creek. The rest OF them
had been moved south to take their
part in the major action.
Twice during the days fighting Lieut.:
Gen. Kenkichi Uyeda, in command OF
the japanese assault, shifted his head
quarters.
He started out In . cotton mill on
the banks OF the Yangtze. Then he
moved to . peasants cottage a mile
and halt from the front. Later he
shifted to II Futan University, which
his troops had occupied.
Converted Into Headquarters.
The university buildings soon were
converted into an army headquarters.
Glass rooms were turned over to ofn-
GERS as btllets. Radio and telephone
apparatus was installed and maps were
moved In.
In the assembly hall Of the univer-
sity, on one Of the walls of which was
a hag-draped picture Of DR.. Sun Yat
Sen, father Of the Chinese Republic,
q group Of soldiers took their ease.
Thirteen hundred yards away was the
front into which Chinese shells were
pounding. A few hundred yards to
the rear Of the university eight big
Japanese guns retaEated
An unbroken stream of Japanese SOL
diers. carrying full field equipment
trudged by, bound to the front. En-
thusiastic Japanese civilians volun-
teered their services to carry provisions
into the lines.
All during Saturday thousands Of
terrorized Chinese refugees streamed
out of the Hongkew district CT shang-
hal and from other areas to the north
seeking places Of safety.
They swept on towards the French
concession and headed for the native
section beyond, determined to put as
much distance as possible between
themselves and the fighting
Some Of them had wheelbarrows
some carts and some rickshas. But
most were afoot, with as many Of their
household goods piled on their backs
as they could carry.
Searched by Chinese Guards.
Troops on guard in the foreign sec
tons allowed these refugees to pass
through the streets. When they got to
the borders Of the Chinese city below
the French Concession, Chinese guards
with drawn pistols, searched them. But
not many were turned back.
A few hours after the funeral pro-
cession for two British sailors, killed
by shellfre last Wednesday, passed
through the streets Of Shanghai.
Approximately $500 persons were In
the procession, and among them were
the British, American and French Min
isters to China, IS well as British con-
sllar officials in full uniform. There
were detachments Of marines and sail
ors, and numerous oficers OF the Shang-
hal foreign garrisons.
The music Of a military band was
heard against a background of boom
ing guns and bursting shells as the
funeral moved toward the cathedral
japanese airplanes circled over nearby
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