(Continued from page 5) banks with the object of attacking the Chinese forces defending the boom and putting their batteries out of action.
Fierce fighting is reported to be going on north of Matung.
According to the Chinese, there has been no change in the military situation created in the province of Honan as a result of the floods, The water level of the Yellow River has dropped about 1% foot but there can be no talk at the present of the flood subsiding as the rainy period generally starts in July.
Japanese aeroplanes have been parachuting a large number of rubber boats near Chungmow on the Lunghai Railway in order to give the Japanese soldiers who have been trapped by the floods a possibility of obtaining food supplies.-Trans-Ocean.
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