The fighting on the northern Tsinpu front has now developed into a sort of crazy patchwork, with large forces of each side operating behind the front lines of the other various units more or les from the rest of their armies.
The Chinese claim further slight advances in the last 24 hours, including the capture of two further villages. A communique issued here late last night by Chinese military headquarters says "Lianhsiatien, seven miles south of hsien, and Chiehho, nine miles north of Tenghsien, were recaptured by the Chinese yesterday afternoon.
"The Chinese troops are attacking Hsiangchen, fifty miles south-west of Lingyi, with the latter city as their base, The Japanese forces at Hsiang-chen have been reinforced by 2,000 men, Severe fighting is going on at Hungshangchen.
"The Chinese troops are furiously counter-attacking at Taierchwai Chinese flying columns have systematically cut the Japanese communications north of Lingyi and are thereby threatening the rear of the Japanese forces operating in the vicinity of Lingyi.
"With the Chinese capture of are pressing towards Ishing and Liyang.
"Severe fighting also broke out in the vicinity of Chanshing, 28 miles south of Ishing. One thousand Japanese troops at Hsuanchen, in Anhwei province, near Wuhu, are at present surrounded by Chinese on three sides."—Reuter,
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