Pushing rapidly westward across Shanghai, Sept. 23,
the south Honan plains, Japanese troops yesterday were within 59 kilometres east of Sinyang, the strate. ically vital railway and highway junction 200 kilometres north "of Five days after the capture of Kwangchow, the last of the remain. ing Chinese' defence centres barring the way to a Japanese advance from Anhwei towards the Peiping-Hankow railway, the Japanese occupied Loshan, an important highway centre, halfway between Kwangchow: and Sinyang, on September 21.
The capture of Loshan placed the Japanese in a controlling position Jover highway traMe from Hankow Into Honan, as the principal highways radiate from Loshan to the north.
Loshan was taken in a dawn attack Wednesday, as Japanese troops Jerossed moat-like creeks outside the felty walls to force their way through the Tinghsiew gate at the south of the city at 6.30 am. om September Domei dispatch stated. the city at 9 o'clock,
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