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Along two routes, Japanese troops converging upon Tehan, the "gateway to Nanchang," were seeking to penetrate the triple system of defences manned by approximately 20 divisions of Chinese troops under Gen. Vu Chi-shih, dispatches from Kiukiang said.
he Japanese were reported to be already closing in upon the first Chi-[nese defence line at Hwangtongpu, four kilometres south-west of Shells Over Yellow River Peiping, Sept. 9.
Japanese artillery between Pitouchen and Menghsien on the Yellow River is reported to be shelling C! nese positions south of the river. Some Chinese boats have been hit and the town of Wenhsien has been bombarded.
The Chinese troops are said to be reinforcing their lines on the south bank at the "elbow" of the river to prevent a crossing. Those in Chengchow are also preparing defences in anticipation of a renewed Japanese drive from Kaifeng.—Reuter,
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