Along Sanmin Road westward {rom the Civie Centre, the spokesman suid, the "Japanese were stopped: before hey could Teach the oilway, while further north they "held on "tothe west of the Sikingshiao' Colt Cour Continued ince of Chinese the recapture 'Yunganehiag along' the Liu highway on Sunday was bby. the spokesman, Th Chinese, he said, have pusher word along a. Geo-mile front. {rom the strategic bridge for a distance of fully one! kilometre. to occupy. two more important villages t9 the north These two villages, Tangehialung and Shenchiaehe, the spokesman eid Foturned {0 Chinese possession only after strong Japanese resistance, The losses. suffered by the enemy were shid to be very heavy.
Blind bombing of the Pootung and CChapei area characterized the activi" ties of the Japanese air force on Sum= day afternoon and. yesterday morning, "th Chapel, Markham "Road find the raltway tracks in. the Ylelnity of the Central Mint Fee ived Special attention from the Japanese, But beyond a few civilian casualties Hire material damage of military tin Bortance was dane. by "the enemy Pootuing, the spokesman said, was also bombed by Japanese planes yes terday. "Chinese gun emplacements, which were the obvious objectives of the Japanese airmen, escaped detec-jon singularly well, and remained intact Barly yesterday morning, Japanese naval uns also opened fire on supe posed "Chinese "un positions Pootung. Tihs drew retaliation from the Chinese batteries but from dices tions "quite unexpected by" the 'A. Japanese hospital ship, the spokesman continued, moored: behind the "Japanese flagship idzumo, In view "of the repeated Japanese charges that Chinese have attempted {o fire on Japanese hospital ships, he thought the position of this ship si~ AAcant, "The ship lett the river yester~ afternoon,
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