Japanese Claim Further Advances, Denied by the Chinese: Huge Pillbox Mined 'THEE minor Claims were reported by the Japanese yesterday in the fighting between the North Station and Lotien. The Lotien-Shanghai highway was the scerne of the main activity reported in Official conimuniques, the Japanese claiming to have gained control of the Lotien-Liuchiahang section.
Chinese statements deny any Japanese advance, particularly the claim that Liuhang had fallen.
In the North Station area, also, they claim to have repulsed all Japanese attacks.
A Japanese spokesman stated yes-machine-guns. A big fire was caused that the Japanese Army near the corner of Jukong Road near occupied the southern halt of Liuhang Haskell Road, which was still blazing Village yesterday morning and, hay-taken ihe northern half several 3 replied, apparently days ago, now Were in complete possession Uf the town. They also had advanced 500 metres in the direction of Kiating, their lines being shell 3,000 metres beyond Lotien.
Haining Road, but no one was Severe hand-to-hand fighting in the wounded. maze of streets between North Szechuen and Paoshan Roads featured Twenty-four Hours yesterday's hostilities along the TWwenty-fóur hours' continuous Shanghai front. Two detachments Japanese bombardment and bombing of the Naval Landing Party, which Has fei! to shake the Chinese line began their advance from North Sze-from Lofin to Chapel. according: chuen Road three days ago, claimed to a Chinese military spokesman at further progress along a line stretch-a press conference yesterday aftering between Range Road and the noon. Greatly reinforced, the Wangpang Bridge.
Japanese forces have attacked vigor-Past Railway ously at certain points but the stubborn resistance put up by the These units, a naval communique Chinese troops has withstood the claimed last night, have succeeded repeated assaults, in driving the Chinese troops beyond.
While denying the rumoured cap-the Shanghai-Woosung Railway line. ture of Liuhang by the Japanese, The Japanese advance, the am-the spokesman said the Chinese denouncement said, was made along fenders in this sector scored a streets planted with land-mines and. signal success around Mengwan, dominated by Chinese machine-guns "Mookache and Changehe, about 2,000 and snipers' rifles, A trench-mortar battery, which proved to be a thorn in the Japanese side, was yesterday afternoon captured by the Ohnishi unit in à surprise raid.
With the battery out of action, the Japanese progress in the vicinity of the intersection of -Paoshan and Paoshing "was made easier," the communique claimed, a large quantity of ammunition were The communique paid tribute to seized by the Chinese. ie courage disp] by members Retreiit Claimed of ihe Sano ut, which at noon yesterday captured a Chinese A Chinese attack launched yester-Middle bond stronghold at the Chihsiu Girls' morning in the vicinity of the dhool on Paoshing Road.
Civic Centre drove the Japanese away in great confusion, according Later in the day, the unit launched an attack on the San. Yi Lee, a terrace, The units advancing into Chapel Were supported throughout the day by the Landing Party's artillery and. naval aeroplanes.
Also bombed during the day were Chinese wositións at- Kating and Nanhsiang. allen Front On the Lotien front, Colonel Yoji Wachi's detachment on Thursday night occupied the village of Yangchiatsun and immediately launched an attack on the Chinese positions west of the village, an Army communique said last night.
The Takamori detachment on Thursday crossed the Tiching Creek and by 8 o'clock at night had captured the villages of Changchiachiao and Tapingehiao. Yesterday morn-this detachment crossed the Liuho-Shanghai highway, and at 3 o'clock in the afternoon launched an attack on the Chinese positions south of the Chuchai and Tapingchiao vil-Tages. The unit, an Army communique said, encountered fierce resistance.
The Tagami, Fukutomi, Tanaka and Kakiuchi detachments, supported by artillery, yesterday afternoon, according to an Army announcement, captured Chinese positions at Liuchiabang, Liuchiachiao and the vicinity.
The Lotien-Liuchiahang section of ihe Litho-Shanghai highway was said io be under complete Japanese control,
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