SHANGHAI SITUATION
QUIETER period occurs SOME JAPANESE AIR RAIDS (Received August 28, 12.30 a.m.) SHANGHAI. August 27 The city passed 1 a quieter night as fte Chineso completed the redispositioning of their forces. They aro rePorted to have withdrawn to a lino threequarters of a mile beyond tho Settlement boundary, where they aro Acting fresh defences. The Peace Preservation Corps and toe Second North Battalion «ave taken over tho sector north of the boundary. The Japanese aro in control j* the eastern district, where the Cfiineso aro not sighted. Japanese bombers again riddled Poou °g in severo night fighting. There heavy casualties in tho Liuho Sftctor. The Japanese spokesman says tho a Panese have advanced on the Woojjjjfag highway to within half a mile of . an Shai University. It is hoped that 111 two days tho army will establish with the .>naval operation?..
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22819, 28 August 1937, Page 13
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