'Matsui, Commander-in-Chief of Japa~ nese Expeditionary Forces in Con tral China, the' Japanese Army refrained from bombarding the principal districts of Nanking. it was stated by a Japanese Army spokes man at the press conference yesterday morning.
a result of this consideration, no great damage had been done 16 [China's former capital, the spokesman Hdeclared, The various" embassy Dulldings were not damaged, he said, In this connection, a Japarese Em= bassy spokesman also revealed that had received Information: from 9 colleague in Nanking to the effect that the Japanese Embassy was intact and, therefore, it was believed other buildings had not been damaged.
In some parts of Nanking Japanese parties were meeting with sporadic Fesistance from leolated bands inese soldiers, the Army spokesman said, 'This' fighting was on a small scale, he said, the north-west part of the city, where "the Lion Hill forts are situated, there was some resistance from scattered remnants of Chinese, Consequently he could.not say that the city was entirely' quiet; it would require two or three more days to restore order completely. the spokesman declared, a surprise attack, the Amatani detachment' of the Japanese exeditlonary force carly. Monday morning captured the walled town of Yangchow, about twelve miles north of Chinkiang. A Japanese communique antiouncing the fall of the important town indicated that the Japanese troops met little resistance fter landing on the northern shore of the river a few hours prior to
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