The Japanese Army, on landing near Shanghai, has not apparently made the mistake of 1932, of immediately pressing forward from the direction of Woosung, but it has at once jumped to the second stage of its former campaign by effecting a landing near Liuho, whence it has advanced to Lotien so that it is well on the left flank of the Chinese forces. Developments may rapidly accrue, In 1932 the Chinese evaded this flank movement by a swift retreat which was not unskilfully executed, The Japanese military spokesmen have indicated an intention to entrap the Chinese pressing round Shanghai in a pincer-like movement. Success in carrying out that plan depends on the ability of its authors to prevent a Chinese retreat. Whether that condition exists the events of the next few days should make clear. The arrival of the Japanese Army indicates that the situation will tend to crystallize in developing a definite strategic significance by which the comparative strengths of the opposing forces may be more clearly ascertained. On the face of them the Japanese plans suggest as an objective speedy contact with the idea of precipitating a large-scale engagement. Chinese dispositions may refuse to favour this aspiration by relying on lia process of guerrilla warfare, albeit on a more coherent and wider scale than that term usually implies. It would be unwise to imagine that the Chinese Higher Command had not foreseen the landing at Liuho in the light of experience in 1932, Nor should it be forgotten that Japanese naval reconnaissance a few days ago indicated a possibility of landing at Chapoo.
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