1938-08-03 — Page 9

THE CHINA MAIL, AUGUST 3, 1938.

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CHINESE MAKING STAND ON ANHWEI-HUPEH BORDER

Japanese Unable To Claim Any Real Advantage

Abandonment Of Susung Now Admitted

Nanchang, To-day.

CUTTING OF ITALY'S LOSSES DYKES ALLEGED

Shanghai, To-day.

ON TERUEL LINE

Rome, To-day. According to Japanese reports, legionaries on the Terual front be

The casualties among the Italian the Chinese have cut the dykes on tween July 13 and 24 are officially the southern bank of the Yangtae announced here yesterday as 232 dead and 1613 wounded, with 27.

continuing missing.

Bloody fighting is proceeding on the Hupeh-River above Kiukiang to prevent the officers killed 140 wounded and one

Anhwei border where the Chinese are making Japanese troops from a determined stand, checking the Japanese their advance. westward thrust to the Wuhan

it

Chinese evacuation of Susung on the north bank of the Yangtze River, 30 miles to the north- west of Kiukiang, according to military circles, was effected for the purpose of drawing the Japanese farther into the hilly districts on the Hupeh-Anhwei border.

Despite the fall of Susung, large | contingents of Chinese troops are the Lushan Range, running from still attacking the Japanese rear the west bank of Poyang Lake, in around Taihu and Taienshan. the vicinity of Singtze Reuter. Heavy casualties have been inflict- CLOSING IN ON TEHAN ed on the Japanese in the last cou- ple of days.

Shanghai, To-day. The situation

According to reports here, on the Kiukiang Japanese are closing in on Tehan, front is steady. The Chinese are still holding the line at Shaho, and yesterday, state the

on the Kiukiang-Nanchang Line, about 17 kilometres south of Kiu- kiang.on the Nanchang-Kiukiang Railway,

the

reports,

shells fell in the town.

Severe fighting in going on to the In a counter-offensive yesterday, east of Tehan where the Chinese crack Chinese troops repulsed the are stubbornly holding out against Japanese at Shamoshan and Tung-a large Japanese force, lintao, points south of Kiukiang. Reports from: Hankow state that Batches of Japanese troops push the Chinese will give up Tehan ing toward Juichang, about 30 kilo- which is not considered an import- metres west of Kiukiang, are check- ant military point. ed on the west bank of Sai Lake. Central News.

CAPTURE OF TEIAN DENIED

Hankow, To-day. Chinese quarters deny the Japan- ese report of the capture of the town of Teian, near Kiukiang.

No fighting for Teian is going on at the present.

The comparatively slow advance of the Japanese is attributed by Chinese Military quarters to the fact that the Japanese have in- adequate forces at their disposal in the Kiukiang sector and must await further reinforcements.

Considerable Japanese troop transports are reported to be on their way upstream on the Yang- tse.

Some 30,000 Japanese reported to have been transferred from the Tientsin-Pukow Railway to the Kuikiang re

within the last

few days...

Chinese circles estimate the strength of the Japanese forces in the region of Kiukiang, north of the Yangtse, at two divisions and the Japanese first line forces, south of the Yangtse, likewise at two

stationed in the rear-guard

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NO CHANGE IN SITUATION

Hankow, To-day,

There has been no change in the military situation along the south, bank of the Yangtse during the day, according to a Chinese Mili tary con

The

troops, are said to still be holding their positions along

Meanwhile Chinese guerillas are harassing the Japanese rear and the Japanese admit here that Nan- king-Wuhu communications have been cut and not yet re-established.

Japanese official reports admit

that Chinese regulars are still very active in the regions of Hukou and Pengtseh. Our Own Correspondent."

The Japanese troops advancing reached the town of Hwangkei

along the Yangtse River, have now

which is connected with Hankow by a modern road.

According to the latest despatches which, however, all· lacking official confirmation, Hwangkel already is in the hands of the Ja panese troops.

PRINCE KONOYE'S SECRETARY

Tokyo, To-day.

Prince Funetaka Konoye, bro- ther of the Japanese Premier, who recently returned from America after failing in his final examinations in school, was yes- terday appointed to the post of Japanese Naval planes raided the Secretary to Premier Konoye. towns of Kuchin and Hwafeng, be-It is reported that the Prince tween Kiukiang and Hankow, drop-will not return to America to ping a large number of bombs. complete his schooling.

Our Trans-Ocean..

Own Correspondent.

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