FOLLOWING the Japanese capture of Anting and the subsequent fall of Nanziang some days ago, events yesterday continued to move with considerable rapid ty, as the Japanese claimed the capture of Taitsang and Liuho.
Taitsang, as was Kiating, taken on Saturday, was one of the ajar strong points in the prepared defence line stretching from nanziang to the Yangtze River near Liuho.
Yesterday's capture of the, two points makes virtually useless this line of defence along which the Chinese forces were expected io make a stand following their withdrawal from the Shanghai area.
Further barrassing the Chinese forces, Japanese troops in some force were landed at Paimaokou, above Liuho on the Yangtze River.
These troops were said to have driven westward by yesterday morning a distance of fifteen miles from the point of landing to Chitang. This threat is believed to be most serious for those Chinese forces in the neighbourhood of Quinsan, and the Japanese claim that it will eventuate in the encirclement of these forces.
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