Shanghai, Oct. 13, 'A military spokesman in Shanghai confirmed press reports of the capture fof Sinyang in Honan by Japanese forces.
The seizure of this town, he added, had been achieved earlier than expected, This was accomplished, explained, by diverting the attention Jot the Chinese troops under Gen. Hu Tsung-nan, towards Wulitien, 25. kin. least of Sinyang on the Loshan-Sinyang highway, "by sending there [small but active force.
This feint, he claimed, had enabled the Japanese to send strong columns to attack Sinyang from the northeast southeast thereby hastening the fall of the strategic highway" and oilway junction, Two. Japanese naval aircraft engaged in a bombing raid upon Hengyang, new centre of Chinese aviation in Hunan, went. into spectacular suicide dives aimed at Chinese anti. faireraft positions when hit in the Jeourse of a violent alr combat on Monday night, a Japanese nai spokesman in Shanghat said. yester-lay.
The attack, the third moonlight raid] in succession was successful in various buildings at both the new and old acrodromes were hit, some of them catching fire, the spokesman claimed.
The Chinese, the spokesman added, Japparently expected the attack for! the bombers were picked out by powerful searchlights as soon as they neared Hengyai iey,_were sub jected to violent anti-aircraft fre, while Chinese combat aircraft also took to the alr, One of the bitterest dog gets at right was subsequently staged, the spokesman said. When hit," the Japanese bombers nose dived towards he Chinese positions "which were clearly visible because of the fire they Were emitting, he added, Japanese Unlls Consolidate at Sinyang Blasting their way through the northeastern gate of the walled city of Sinyang, Chinese stronghold on the Peiping-Hankow Railway, Japanese troops hoisted the Rising Sun on the city wall at 7.30 a.m, yesterday, acsarding to Domei reports from the 'AS soon as they forced their way. into the fort, the Japanese started mopping up surviving Chinese within the city walls. Army stragglers, farmed with hand-grenades, put up a last desperate fight to retain a hold lon Sinyang. Outside the wall, Chinese troops launched a counter-attack to regain the lost city.
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