Chinese reinforcements arrived after the fall of, Pengtseh and launched an attack on the town in an àttempt to recapture it, the spokesman went on The Chinese military authorities yesterday claimed that Liangliangmiao had been recaptured.
Chinese troops which attacked Chienshan, thirty miles northwest of Anking, on June 29, are at present closing in from the west, southwest approaching the outskirts of the Chinese military spokesman reported.
The Japanese forces, after receiving reinforcements following the beginning of the Chinese attack, counterattacked, he went on, one detachment attacking Chinese positions at Yaichai; and another launching an attack on Chenchiachiao.
The Japanese at one stage of the fighting succeeded in penetrating the Chinese lines northeast of Taihu, the spokesman stated; but on the same day the Chinese drove them back.—Reuter. 1 The Japanese troops on the northern Anhwei front are withdrawing eastwards, the Chinese military spokesman reported today, resulting in the Chinese re-occupying Cheng-yang kwan on June 26.
The Japanese withdrawal is attributed by Chinese military circles to the flooding of northwestern Anhwei, and alo to the fact that numerous lakes ahd rivers in the area are considered'to make large-scale military operations there difficult, The Japanese at Shouhsien, close to the Anhwei-Kiangsu border, are also said to be withdrawing in the direction of Hotel, The Japanese on the eastern section of the Lunghai Railway are reported to be moving towards the western terminus of the Taoching Railway.
it is considered that an attempt by the Japanese to cross the Yellow River in the vicinity of Loyang is quite possible—Reuter, Soviet Airwoman Again Chinese Success Breaks Record Mosedw, July 3.
For the second time in three days the Soviet airwoman, Ekaterina Mednikova, succeded in breaking the world record for a 50 lip. place. She covered a distance of 100 kilometres in 36.226 minutes, an Eurus speed of 16494 kims per Her previous record made on July 1 was of 157.1 kims. per hour.—
Hankow, July 4. The Chinese authorities here announce that the Chinese forces have scored a noteworthy success on both banks of the Yangtze, which is the only front where operations of any importance are in progress now.
According to these reports, the town of Niangniangmiao was recaptured by the Chinese after several hours of hand-to-hand fighting. Of the 800
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