Shanghai, Nov. 13.
Chinese claims of the recapture of 'Tamshui, west of Canton, and. of Waichow, east of the City of Rams, were emphatically denied by 1 Japanese army spokesman in Shanghat last night, 'The Japanese forces in south China, he said, were sume lent to repulse iny' Chinese counter-attack." He admitted that fighting had taken place {in south China but assorted that the Japanese forces had "always taken the initiative Confirming the fall of Yochow, northern Hunan, the Army" spokesman said that while the eaplure of the city would be of little importance in land operations it would have a serious bearing upon naval operations on Tungting Lake, Yochow Is situated at the mouth of Tungting Lake.
'Japanese naval forces operating the Yangtze, a naval spokesman sai were being held up by an elaborate' oom consisting of mines and sunken junks at a point two miles above: Loshan on the Yangtze, Army Press Section atter several ant! Japanese newspapers were suppress
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