The Japanese forees advancing on Hangchow have engaged the Chinese eft wing defending the Chekiang capital in the vicinity of Mokanshan. famous summer resort thirty miles north-west of Hanchow, according to Chinese reports received here to-day.
General Huang Shao-hsiung, the new Governor of Chekiang, Is stated to be directing operations in. this sector, He only recently returned from the Shansi front, where he w in command of the troops defending Linnatse Pas General Huang has been selected for his present post partly because hho fs one of China's ablest commanders and partly because Hangchow 13 ft'present Intwely defended by troops front "his province of Kewangsl= Reuter.
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