Generally, the military situation was quiet yesterday. The gradual raightening of the line from Sino Nanziang to the Soochow Creek was further effected by the smoothing out of the salient at Loyangchino, accord {ng (0 2 Chinese military spokesman yesterday afternoon, From the latter point, the Chinese troops were with= drawn to a line directly joining Sino Nanziang and Hlangehiao.
The Chinese me through Sino Nanziang as well _as Nanziang itself was heavily bombarded by Japanese heavy artillery while Japanese aero= slanes kept up a steady bombing of the areas in this vicinity, the spokes~ man said, The enemy infantry at the Same time was also making strenuous efforts to break through the Chinese Tine but without success, "Although there was little Aghting on other fronts, Japanese aeroplanes were exceedingly busy over all areas, the spokesman said, Japanese aerial reconnoitring fights over the Zikawel area were frequent since carly yesterday, There was also some in= termittant bombing of Chinese posi-ons in the western district, "The Japanese threat to attack Nantao meanwhile has caused uneasiness among the residents still in. the Chinese city, Crowds of refugees were reported {o be evacuating the brea. Chinese Polleo are maintaine ing pence and order Many Casualties The bodies of 3,000 Chinese who fell in action during the operations of October 20, have been picked up by the advancing Japanese forces between Tazang and Chenju, a spokesman for the Japanese army revealed. yesterday afternoon, 'The wor booty picked up in this ren, aecortting to the spokesman, nelided 40 ight machine. suns, 14 heavy teaching guns, 370 rifles, 193, '000 'File eartvidaes, 20,000 howitzer shells, 1,000 signal' shells and 6,000 blankets, Texarding activities on the front, spokesman assorted that north of Nan ig, 10 Liuho, the Japanese are progressing slowly to the west. He faded however, that' there were no yarked changes in the Hines.
spokesman then asserted that the Japanese were now in complete control of the area on the northern Tank of Soochow Crock to Fenchia, we to face with Nanziang, with the exception of the Joint' "Savings Society Kodown in Chapel,
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