Chinese spokesmen yesterday reported severe fighting between Mi-shih tu and Sungkiang where, they said, the Japanese who had cross the Shanghai-Hangchow Railway. were forced to retreat and to make a stand south of Sungkiang.
Chinese troops were holding a line roughly from Nanziang to Huangtu, Tsingpu and Sungkiang, their spokes man said, adding that the original line from Liuho to Nanziang was unchanged. Minghong and its vicinity were also guarded by Chinese forces. The spokesman admitted however, that all these positions were temporary, and that the Chinese troops would eventually retire io their main line further inland
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