The report that Chinese troops are retiring to their second line of defence was denied by the spokesman yesterday.
South of Liuhang, Japanese attempts to cross the Wen-tsao-pang Creek have again failed, according to the spokesman. As the Chinese troops hold the south bank of the creek both on the east and west of the Liubang-Taziang highway, the north approach to Taziang village is not menaced.
Kwang-fu-chen, about 3,000 metres west of Linhang, was heavily shelled by Japanese artillery. In the Kiangwan sector, the Japanese were not able to press their attack owing to previous heavy losses. Chinese scouts, according to the spokesman, had reached Sungwoo Road and penetrated into the west border of the Civic Centre area.
Heavy bombing which characterized the Japanese attack on Kiangwan, Taziang, Chapei, Markham Road junction, Peisingching, Chenju and Nanziang on the day before, was continued yesterday. Not less than twenty planes flew over these areas end dropped a number of bombs.
Japanese attacks on Chapei again failed, according to the spokesman. Chinese machine-gunners effectively used their weapons in the Haskell Road area {n the afternoon when the Japanese attacked the Chinese positions. Over twenty Japanese were killed or wounded in the fight.
Japanese naval guns conducted a very brisk fire on Pootung on Monday evening but failed to locate the Chinese battery which they set out to destroy, the Chinese spokesman said. An artillery duel between the Chinese and Japanese batteries was reported in the Chapei area yesterday.
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