No word of this landing was given out yesterday by the Japanese, who stated, however, that the occupation of Sungkiang has been completed and that, continuing northward, Japanese units who landed some days at Kingshanwei are pressing towards Tsingpu. Their military spokesman yesterday claimed that, at noon, troops had reached a point eight kilometres from Tsingpu, while unconfirmed, though reliable reports, told of its occupation early in the afternoon.
Japanese forces operating from the Hangchow Bay area completed their junction with those from the Shanghai area yesterday morning, a Japanese military communique said last night. One unit pushing west along a line from north to south passed Chutichen. Another body moving from the south attained a line connecting Zose with Szeking.
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