Prince Nobuhito Takamatsu, in the capacity of a member of the N. General Staff, witnessed from a flagship the now famous landing of Japanese troops at Hangchow Bay on November 5, according to a communique issued on Wednesday evening by the Japanese Fleet Headquarters in Shanghai.
"This landing, achieved by the cooperative tactics of the Army and Navy in the face of withering Chinese fire, marked a signal victory in the annals of world battles." the communique stated, After coming to n Takamatsu visited the flagship of the Japanese Third Fleet." headquarters of the Japanese Expeditionary force and the Special Naval Landing Party, a naval air base and the battlefields of Chapei, returning to his post on November 11
Prince Asaakira Kuni, the communique revealed. also acting in the capacity of a member of the Naval General Staff, viewed from aboard warship the operations of Naval and Army forces in the landing on November 13 of Japanese troops at Paimaokou. After making a tour of the fighting lines in the Shanghai area on November 16. Prince Kuni returned to his post
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