Chinese official claims of the recapture of Kwangtsi, eastern Hupeh city on the northern bank of the Yangtze, were denied by a Ji nese military spokesman in Shanghai at noon yesterday.
The report, based on a Chinese communique, was published in Hong-
32 kilometres downstream from Anking on August 30 and dispersed three Chinese divisions, which lost about 1000 dead in engagements between Sushihchen and Wangkiatze, the message stated.
Landing at Yangshanchi, about eight kilometres downstream from Tatung on September 5, the detachment routed two Chinese divisions between Tatung and Maenshan, the dispatch continued. The Chinese were said to have lost 240 killed, while 32 were taken prisoner.
Japanese booty included four howitzers, 900 howitzer shells, four machine guns, 100,000 rounds of machine-gun ammunition and 6,000 rounds of rifle ammunition.
According to another message from Juichang, Gen. Chen Cheng, Commander-in-Chief of the ninth war zone, will assume personal command of Chinese troops at Yangsin, whence large Chinese reinforcements ' are being rushed to a line west of Jui-chang.
Japanese pilots of scouting planes reported that the highway between Yangsin and Pingkiakiao was "swarming with Chinese troops."
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