Hankow, June 2%) que Japanese are continuing to rush reinforcements to Matung in attempt to seize the Chinese fortified positions there on the south) auk of the Yangtze River, it is stated here.
The Japanese troops which moved westward from Hsiangkou on Saturday in the direction of Matung, have reached the northwestern shore of Lake Tapeh and are launching a series of assaults on the Chinese forts there while reinforcements are stated to have been landed at Tsangshanchi to support the attack.
The Chinese forts are being subjected to very heavy artillery bombardment, but the Chinese claim to be holding on to them
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