Japanese forces yesterday were in occupation of a wide strip of Chinese soil extending from Liuho on the banks of the Yangtze to Shanghai. The widest zone under Japanese occupation was 15 kilometres in depth, this being from Paoshan to the vicinity of Kiangwan village.
Following closely on their success of Monday, Japanese troops took up positions 1,000 metres east of Kiangwan village on the Shanghal-Woosung highway.
To the north of the village, Japanese positions were built at a point 2,000 metres from Kiangwan, on the Shanghai-Woosung Railway.
Japanese troops advancing inland from Woosung, south of Woosung creek, were within 3000 metres of Lotien, threatening the rear of the Chinese forces in that sector, a Japanese military spokesman said yesterday.
Japanese forces, the spokesman said, were also continuing their advance on Luhang, on the Shanghai-Liuho motor road.
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