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No. 29,785

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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1937

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JAPANESE STRIKE VAINLY AT TAZANG

Chinese Counter-Attacks To Bite Off Salient SHOCK AND SURPRISE IN

COLD STEEL CLASH CHAPEI TAKES HEAVY TOKYO WILL TOLL OF ATTACKERS NOT ATTEND AT

Shanghai, To-day.

The region between Woosung and Tazang is BRUSSELS

still the scene of most violent fighting, though it is confirmed that in spite of repeated desperate at-l tacks, the Japanese have not made any important progress.

Tokyo, 1:30 pm. To The Japanese Cabinet is belie ed to have decided finally The Chinese have launched a severe counter refuse the invitation to attend the attack against the Japanese positions at Chang-Nine Power Conference at Brussels. chalou, on the south bank of Wentsaopang Creek. No official

Objective of the Chinese onslaught was the cut-effect has been issued, but ting off of the Japanese salient, and the violent long hand-to-hand struggle which ensued has not yet been decided.

..

The Japanese had a shock and surprise when their infantry, which advanced towards the Chinese lines after the usual violent preliminary bombardment, were met on No-Man's Land by Chinese troops who advanced out of their trenches.

Savage

fighting followed and terrible devastation. Chinese sol the Japanese, it is reliably learned, diers are still defending the Ad- got the worst of the battle of cold ministration building although the steel and were thrown back to upper storeys of the building are

on fire. their own lines.

The Japanese themselves have Meanwhile the heavy to in lives in vain assaults in Chaper is apparently realised that it will be virtually impossible to take Chapel cansing the Japanese to pause.

That they will find it exceedingly by street fighting, and are there difficult, if not impossible, to take fore trying to interrupt contact Chapel by direct frontal attack, is between Chapel and Tazang, the view generally prevailing order to isolate the Chinese forces among neutral military observers in Chapel Trans-Ocean. in Shanghai.

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