Claim Capture of Taitsang and Liuho, Attack on Quinsan, in Rapid Drive Westward Shanghai, Nov. 15.
'ALLOWING the Japanese capture of Anting and the subsequent fall of Nanziang some days ago, events yesterday continued move with considerable rapidity, the Japanese claimed the capture of Taitsang and Liuho.
Taitsang, as was Kiating, taken Jon Saturday, was one of the major 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 luscless this line of defence along which the Chinese forces were expected to make a stand following their withdrawal from the [Shanghai area.
Further barrassing the C! chinese forces, Japanese troops in some force were landed at Paimaokou, above Liuho on the Yangtze River. These troops were sai to have driven westward thy yes~ terday morning a distance of fifteen miles from the point of land~ jing 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 event te in the encirclement of these forces.
Further Japanese reports stated that [by the engineering corps and early army and navy aircraft were yester-yesterday morning captured the day engaged in bombing Chinese town of Pingwang, toops on the move from Quinsan to Soochow, Fushan Shelled On the southern front little of Chinkiang, Nov. 14, note was reported, Two Japanese Fushan, about twenty kilometres gunboats, the Hotsu and Hira, early north of Changshu, was subjected to on Saturday morning passed through heavy shelling yesterday by a fleet the Nantao boom and went up the of six, Japanese warships operating Whangpoo to Minghong. During their {in tha Yangtze River, according progress up the river, a naval com~ brief report received here last night. munique yesterday said, the Japanese With details still lacking, a report ships captured four Chinese gun-tes that Japan~ oats, Tt was also added that the iso shelled the south Japanese warships were able to bund of the city. effect a close Viaison with Japanese 'At the time of shelling, six or forces at Sungkiang and its vicinity. seven Japanese planes were' sighted Japanese gunboats are still con-reconnoitering, foreshadowing a Japan tinuing their mine-sweeping opera ese attempt to land troops at the tions on the Whangpoo, said the riverside town.—Central News, spokesman at the press conference yesterday. On Saturday and early Fore Fighting Yesterday these gunboats had success-Hangchow, Nov. 14, fully removed no less than fifteen Fierce fighting. is now' in prog mines from the river, between Chinese and Japanese.troops, four kilometres to" the east of Palmackou Landing Kashan, according to military advices With the effective assistance of the reaching here this afternoon, Jay nese navy, a large number of The capture of Kashan, the tant railway" town. on the Japanese army units made a success Yul landing on Saturday at Pal-Shanghai-Hangchow tine, was cateforically denied by military circles. mackou, a city on the Yangtze about The Kashing hallway -station, 45 miles from Shanghai and north which joins the Shanghai-Hangchow of Liuho, according to the Japanese railway with the Nanking-Shanghs spokesman yesterday afternoon. The line by the Kasing-Soochow tine, was landing was made in the rear of the (wice raided by a number of Japan= Chinese troops, and caused an exten ese planes yesterday afternoon, sive demoralization of the Chinese Several bombs were dropped, ea defence system, he said. The ttle damages of military val Tanding was made with the minimum Fengching, a railway town of losses, according to the spokesman, miles east of Kashan on the Kiangsu-thanks {0 the close ce-operation be-Chekiang border, which fell into tween the two Japanese forces the panese hands afew days ago, was
by naval aircraft, which prevented Further rendered recaptured by Chinese troops yester= day—Central News,
by bombing, any' attempts by the Chinese to re-organize their lines.
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