The Archive · 1937

Lotien Advance

Japanese positions in the Lotien sector late last night were in the immediate vicinity of Wuchiahsiang and Shenchiatsun, on the extreme right wing of the Shanghai front.

Other units. the Japanese communique declared, staged a series of furious attacks upon the Chinese de-tenses along a line passing through the villages of Changchiatang, Soot-sun and Chinchai.

Japanese naval units, another communique claimed, yesterday morning broke through the Chinese lines in the vicinity of Tangchiachai and Chuangchiaku, Kiangwan, and were in the afternoon attacking Fuh Tan University.

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