Yesterday "afternoon's Japanese reports by their military spokesman stated that Japanese troops on the south side of the Creek in the afternoon yesterday held a number of strategic villages, forming a line from one to two kilometres in from the Creek. The army front, he said further, was from eight to ten kilometres long, though this was not a straight line.
Japanese naval bombers were busy throughout the day bombing Chinese positions south of the Creek.
In the Nanziang area, the Japanese late last night reported the Adachi and Asami units attacking strong 'Chinese positions in the vicinity of Nanziang "with considerable success'
The Great China University, Chungsan Road north of the Soochow Creek, was persistently bombarded by Chinese batteries from south of the ergek yesterday morning and early afternoon. The bombardment started about 11.30 am, and a dozen or more direct hits were seen
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