After trudging five hours through a treacherous swamp, a Japanese detachment captured Fangtzeshan and Paishanyen, northwest of Loki in northwestern Kiangsi, according to a report received by Domei yesterday from the front, The detachment reached the northefn bank of the Fu River at daybreak on Sunday and crossed the military bridge at. Yuangkiatzu, A second Chinese position, in the village of Naotieuchen, also fell to the Japanese. Chinese troops are being pushed northward after the capture of a large Chinese force concentrated at Pekshancha on Sunday by another Japanese unit.
The Ohara detachment captured Aikow, an important position south. of Singtze on the eastern bank of Lake Poyang, then joined forces with another unit and marched west along Hwanglungshan. to demolish the Chinese positions, South China Bombings naval aircraft continued cee Hampered by cloud banks, Jai
South China objectives Sunday, a communique issued by the Japanese China Seas Fleet command said yesterday.
Repeated attacks were made on the Canton-Hankow Railway with heavy damage to the stations at Huangshan and Kopu. The Tienho aerodrome. and the army barracks just south were demolished, it was reported. The munitions depot and other points of military importance were destroyed.
Several direct hits destroyed a bridge east of Kongtsun, the naval spokesman. said.
In Central China, naval bombers e valuable assistance to land and aval forces on the Yangtze, the naval communique claimed.
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