CONFUSING REPORTS ON HSUCHOW BATTLE
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LATEST REPORTS
Hankow, To-day. ing they were reported
Latest information from the front isolated,
They have lost a considerable indicates that a Japanese column is de-at Yungchen, only 60 kilometres number of troops since their parture from Taining, from gueril-from the Lunghai Railway, and aċ- la attacks.-Our Own Correspon-cording to Chinese information, the occupation of Mengchen appears premature.
dent.
SHANGHAI CLAIM
The Chinese spokesman stated that Chinese Shanghai, To-day:
yesterday afternoon The local Japanese newspaper
troops attacking Mengchen threa- announced, in glaring headlines
tened the Japanese rear at Yung- this morning, that the Japanese chen. Severe fighting is progress-
in Anhwei and Southern
column is en: Shantung are steadily closing in on ing on the outskirts of the town.
Another Chinese Hsuchowfu and that the city has been practically encircled by the gaged in attacking Tingyuan and recent movements of the Japanese Fengyang in an effort to cut the Ja panese line south of Pengpu. The troops.
forces
The journal predicts that Hsu-Chinese are reported to have oc- chowfu will be occupied within two cupied Liufu, north-east of Ting- weeks. Our Own Correspondent. CHINESE AIRCRAFT ACTIVE
Chinese
Shanghai, To-day.
yuan.
WEST SHANTUNG:
In west Shantung, the Chinese. opposing each troops operating in and Japanese are southern Shantung and north-wes- other at Luchiatung and Chiahotan, tern Anhwei were vastly encouraged 10 kilometres north of Kinghsiang. yesterday when squadrons of Chin-More than 2,000 Japanese troops ese bombers and fighters raided the from Yuchen are said to be going Japanese positions along the Lung-south to the Lunghai Railway. Hai Line.
Chinese reports state that their It is claimed that the raids car-troops have occupied Fanhsien, on ried out were very satisfactory. the west bank of the Yellow River, Japanese aircraft were also very in order to prevent the Japanese at active and Siaohsien, west of Hsu-Puyang and Puhsien from forming chowfu, was visited. Hundreds of a junction with the Japanese on civilians were killed and wounded.-the east bank of the Yellow River
at Yuchen.-Reuter. Our Own Correspondent.
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Although the main body of the Chinese forces at Amoy are understood to have evacuated, reports indicate that fighting is going on in the northern sec- tion of the island.
The Chinese forts at Wuli- shan are stated to have been destroyed by the Japanese bombing, while the University was set on fire by aerial bombs. -Reuter.
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Hankow, To-day. Commenting on the Japanese report that the Japanese forces are expected to capture Sinan- cheng, south of Hsuchowfu, in 48 hours, the Chinese spokes- man declares that the town has no strategic importance.
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