Twelve Japanese planes flew over Chapei yesterday in groups of three and four. Bombs were dropped in the North Station and Markham Road area, but the damage done was slight. One plane was reported to have been brought down by intense anti-aircraft fire, but no official confirmation was forthcoming from Chinese headquarters.
Following the aerial bombardment, one detachment of Japanese marines launched an offensive from Jukong Road, but were driven back. During the engagement one Chinese was killed and two were wounded. Japanese casualties were about ten, the spokesman said. Some attempts to launch surprise attacks by the Japanese were frustrated.
After a lull of two days, Japanese troops in the Lotien sector began to show considerable activity on Monday and especially yesterday morning. A large-scale attack was repulsed by the Chinese, according to the spokesman. Tt was noted that the range of Japanese guns in this. sector had been increased to reach—Ssu-siang-king-miao, about 2,000 metres west of Lotien on the Lotien-Kating highway.
East of Liuhang Chinese troops continue to hold the line with the Yung"an Bridge as its centre. Japanese attempts to break through the Chinese left flank and cut the line of communication between Dazang and Liuhang again met with failure on Monday, said the spokesman.
According to reports of Chinese scouting parties which succeeded in penetrating into the Civic Centre area, the Japanese are building strong trenches on its borders.
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