1938-08-29 — Page 9

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.

•

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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