Chinese lines at Liuhang, midway between Lotien and Tachang. were yesterday morning as intact as they Were the evening before when Japanese troops commenced a concerted attack by two routes, according to 3 Chinese communique yesterday.
Starting from a little past 0 o'clock on Sunday night, strong Japanese detachments. aided by tanks, launched a furious offensive on the Chinese positions.
The attack was directed on two points, one on the Wuchai sector a little to the north of Liuhang and ihe other on the Chutsai and Hsiao-chu tsai region, where the Chinese "emergency line" was established in front of Liuhang.
Despite the ferocity of the attack, the communique said, Japanese troops rushing the Wuchai sector were "most effectively" checked, and up to early yesterday morning. "absolutely" no progress had been made by the attackers.
On the Chutsai and Hsiaochutsai sector, however, the communique added. the Japanese troops succeeded in breaking through a minor section of the Chinese lines after about two hours of fighting.
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