THE CHINA MAIL, AUGUST 29, 1988.
JAPANESE UNOFFICIALLY
CAPTURE OF LIUAN
CLAIM
Report Contradicted By Hankow Quarters
Chinese Offensive
On North Side
Of Yangtse
Shanghai, To-day.
CHINESE RETAKE SUSUNG
H.K. ELECTRIC'S
Hankow, To-day..
LOSS
Two women, Chan Mui, mistress
An urgent military despatch from of boat No. 8078W, and Leung the front received at eleven o'clock Shing, boatwoman, were charged at
last night reports the recapture of the walled town of Susung, at 5.30
It is un-officially claimed that a Japanese detach-o'clock in the afternoon.
ment, operating along the north bank of the Susung Yangtse, has captured Liuan.
the Kowloon Police . Court this morning before Mr. K. M. A.' Barnett with unlawful possession of 625 lbs. of coal and with dumping to pre- vent seizure at North Point yester-
is approximately ten kilometres northeast of Hwangmei.
The Japanese garrison at Susung,day.
suffered
Sergeant Mackenzie said that according to the report, heavy losses. The Japanese forces it was believed that coolies employ- scattered and retreated towards ed by the Hong Kong Electric Comp-
Wankiang and Anking.
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The report states, although “about 12 Chinese divi- sions are defending Liuan," they were put to
any at North Point to unload coal rout by a furious Japanese artillery barrage.
from ship to the company's coal Great significance is attached to yard dumped baskets into the boat who Chinese troops Another Japanese unit, it is un-
evacuated the recapture of Susung by mili-which moored against the ship. officially claimed, has crossed the Juichang last week have now taken tary observers as it cuts off the re- Pei River and captured Hanpai-up new positions among the hilly treat of the spearhead of the Ja- tu. Reuter.
regions west of the walled town. panese advance at Hwangmei and Both reports are contradicted In the vicinity of Singtze, all blocks the transportation of supplies by Chinese versions of the pro-was quiet yesterday except for and provisions along the Susung
Japanese transportation movements. Hwangmei gress of the fighting.
-Central News.
News.
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MAJOR BATTLE EXPECTED
Hankow, To-day. The consensus of military opin- ion seems to be that a major bat- tle between the massing Chinese and Japanese troops along the Yangtze may be expected within
the current week.
a
CHINESE OFFENSIVE
Liuan, To-day.
highway.
Central
OUTSTANDING SUCCESS
Hankow, To-day. Chinese troops, according to local reports, scored an outstanding suc- cess on Sunday in recapturing
Following the recapture of Tsien- shan, which has been confirmed by military despatches from the front, Tsienshan and Taihu on the Chinese troops are hot on the heels of the retreating Japanese.
nor- The
thern bank of the Yangtse. Japanese, according to these Chin-
They were remanded for 24 hours and bail of $500 each was granted.
The mistress of boat No. 451,
24 hours when charged with a simi- lar offence. She was allowed on bail of $15.
Wong Mui, was also remanded for
HALF AN INCH OF RAIN
The scene of the important
To the southwest of Tsienshan, ese reports, suffered heavy casual- The Royal Observatory reports battle, they are inclined to be- fierce fighting still raged through-ties and are retreating in south-that pressure is highest over the lieve, will be a stretch of low-
out yesterday. lying fields inter-laced with
Another column, pushing their maze of waterways between Wu-
from Siaochihyeh the way
and Tienkiatsen on sueh and
have recaptured north brink of the Yangtze, fifty Maosingtsang,
Yehjenchai and Laolingtou.. kilometres above Kiukiang.
Flanking the Japanese on an
Chinese forces have
built
west direction..
Pacific to the north-east of Japan,. and is relatively low over China The loss of these towns means generally; a depression is situated an interruption of the Japanese east of the Bonins. Forecast:- munitions supply from Susung and S.W.. winds, moderate; fair to Huangmei, and importance is at-showery. the tached to these successes since the
Half an inch of rain fell in the elaborate system of defence works highway, a third column turned the Japanese have stated that their ad- heavy downpour early this morn- ex- enemy left wing from the south-vance on Hankow began on Satur-ing. The total fall since January
1 is still 28 inches below average. east of Tsienshan.-Central News. Iday. Trans-Ocean.
in these parts to thwart the pected Japanese onslaught. Strong units of crack troops, behind firm- ly, entrenched positions, are held in readiness to contest every inch of the
towards ground westward Wuhan.
Indications of the imminence of an important engagement have been the weekend
made clearer, since
when Japanese operations
ward from the northern bank
west.
of
the Chihu Lake became more ac- tive. Twenty thousand Japanese forces, massing in the Juichang area, are making feverish prepara- tions to turn northwestward to at- tack Matow, a small river town "directly opposite Wusueh across the
Yangtze,
From Matow, it is expected, the Japanese will once. .more 'divert their main force towards the north bank and there engage the defend- ers in a pitched engagement from Wusueh to Tieńkiachen.
SOUTH BANK
are
At the same time, attempts being made by the Japanese forces on the south bank to push from their triangular shaped foothold touching Juichang, Shaho and Sing- tze, to gain more elbow room for swinging their arms. Two regi ments, advancing from Shaho and Singtze westward along the Nan- chang-Kiuklang rullway are bellar- ed to be engaged towards this end.
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