Japanese Centre Advances on Taziang: Kiangwan Practically Cleared of Chinese Following several days of careful preparation, the Japanese Ninth Division, operating against the Chinese Nineteenth Route Army in the Kinngwan sector, north of Shanghai, was successful yesterday breaking through the elaborate Chinese defences in the neighbour. ood of Daungkazah, Miauhang and along the entrenched banks of creek near Kyung-ka-daring, about one kilometer north-west of Kiangwan village. 2 "As the result of this extensive assault, which was conducted mainly by the units comprising the Japanese southern column, Kiangwan village finally was cleated almost entirely, of the Chinese detachments and Machine gun nests which have been holding up this section of the line, the entire right and centre of situation and share the same feelings fof amazement at the catastrophe in Shanghai and of solicitude for peace fas are expressed by the venerable missionaries in Chin "However, we cannot help maniesting our' unfeigned and. painful Gisappointment at their "unwitting partiality as exemplified by" thei Breeping and unverified charges em Bodied in the statement made publi on February 12. The appeal, as it termed, seems concerned only" by the unfortunate "and. spectacular result and wholly oblivious of the Fondamental and Gontibating causes of long standing of the present unfortunate clash, "All we ask eat this time, ax always, {only an impartial approach to the tituatlon, free from any presconceivfed notion influenced. by' immediate night. approx! wetter the Taslang objective of the!
From early" yesterday morning, when the Japanese heavy ordnance Bnd aerial" bombing heralded the Meat might, the Japanese Infantry ming of the assault, until late
this sector was engaged in heavy fighting with the Chinese, who were Griven' back. gradually from position to position, Although at times, the troops of the Nineteenth Army, fand attached divisions of General Ghiang. Katsheles men, offered a Horn even lires, rename, they: did not display" the Wogaw determination which marked" the previous defence in this locality, ac-Pording to both the Japanese com: nuandvand foreign observers. tone time. during the day, Heved that an actual a¥med clash occurred between the Cantonesa. of the Gist division and men of Gen-feral Chiang's 88th division,. when the latter sought. to retire: thro entrenchments held by the regular Nineteenth Route Army soldiers.
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