A. major battle, described as one of the "eres!" of the latest Sino-Japanese incident, is in progress in the Liuhang sector of the Shanghai front, a Jepanese military—spokesman' revealed on Sunday night, "Very heavy" losses were' being suffered by both sides, the officer added.
Gains ranging between 500 and 41,500 metres were made on Sunday by the Japanese forees along vight-kilometres front, extending. north and south of Liuhang, During the drive of the past few days, the Japanese forces have occupied about 30 villages formerly held by the Chinese, the spokesman claimed.
'While the Japanese used tanks of all descriptions, the Chinese brought into play 15 em, long range field guns, situated in' and near Taziang.
The spokesman said he believed the
a new defence Iino, passing through Chinese troops would soon rettest to Kating and Nanziang.
This line was described by the ofoer as "extremely strong."
Japanese naval aircraft were very active on Sunday, staging raids on troop positions, batteries, trains, air-folds and warships in Kwangtung, Kiangsu and Anhwei, Warships Bombo:
Tu the morning, Japanese planes attacked warships in the vicinity of Hying Island, 20 miles above the Kiangyin forts. A cruiser of the Sun Yat-sen type was sent aground, while gunboat of the Yungsheng type and torpedo boat were. severely damaged, a naval communique claimed.
Other naval planes had meanwhile bombed the Generalissimo's headquarters in Canton. On their return trip to their base, titey were attacked by four Chinese Curtiss-Hawk planes, Of these, the Jap asserted, one wa:
'A large number of Japanese planes "raided. and. destroyed"—Chinese armoured trains, munition trains and depots near Nanziang, while others bombed army positions near Tachang throughout the day, the communique said, Anking, a large city blanketing the loft bank of the Yangtze above Nan-King, was also. visited by Japanese miders, who bombed the airfield, setting" hangars on fire and damaging 'a Northrop plane on the field, the communique said.
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