Peiping Bombed By Nationalists Communists Say
Shanghai, Mav 5—(U.P).—The Communist radio reported that Chinese Nationalist planes Wednesday bombed Peiping, the old capital which fell into Communist hands some months ago.
The broadcast from Peiping said the raiders dropped 25 bombs in the Nanwang sector of the city, destroying some houses. It did not mention casualties.
The report of the Peiping raid caused surprise here. Some sources believed they might be flying from Tsingtao, only East China city north of the Yangtze still in government hands.
Other quarters speculated that they might be flying from Shanghai. Only two days ago the official news agency said the Nationalist air force was concentrating here to join in an all-out defense of the city.
Garrison headquarters here threw a division of reinforcements into the battle for Kashing, bidding to check a Communist drive up the railroad to Shanghai.
The Nationalist troops dug in on a short semi-circular defense line five miles west of Kashing, which is 50 miles southwest of Shanghai, to meet the Communist assault.
Telephone reports from Kashing said the sound of artillery and rifle fire was audible from the North and West.
Traops on Shanghai's western perimeter 12 miles from downtown began chopping down groves of trees in the swanky Hungjao residential area to build tank traps and block-houses.
These defenses apparently were intended to help stop the Communists on the Southwest approaches if they should break through the Kashing line.
The troops also tore down bamboo fences, converting the slats in sharply pointed stakes. These they planted in clusters in the fields, apparently to obstruct infantry movement.
The afternoon communique by the Shanghai-Woosung garrison headquarters said two Communist columns numbering several thousands were defeated in the Taichang area Northeast of Kunshan, 25 miles West of Shanghai on the Nanking rail line.
More difficulties were created for the Nationalist defenders Wednesday when Shanghai's biggest fire in years destroyed 4,000 "mat shed" houses near the city's inner Western defense perimeter.
Eighteen fire engines, handicapped by a water shortage, battled the blaze for six hours by pumping water from a pond in nearby Jessfield park.
More than 20,000 persons, many of them refugees from the Communists, were made homeless by the blaze. They sought refuge in the park while rain beat down upon the city.
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