Three out of six Chinese bombers that reided Japanese warship concen trations near ukang on Wednesday Were brought down by dapanete pute full crat, a. communique issued the Japanese China Seas Fleet at rood yesterday calmed. All Chines born, Riwar snorted fa wide of thee Naval aircraft, the communique continued, concentrated. ther efforts on Wednesday on slating, by means of bombing attacks on. Chinese pests tion, the progress of land forces ili the "Yangtze sector. been indicted' upon Chinese trope Heavy losses were claimed hav
Btoot and in, trucks retreating to. Wards the north-west from Kiang While Chines troop concentrations {nd munitions depots near Teaokie: theo, 20" Kilometres north-west Kivanglst also sutored Taree loses, "thorough bombing et Chinese troop concentrations at Kish kilometres north-west of Kwangtsi, was also effected with "major results" according to the communique.
Chinese heavy and feld positions and troop concentrations north-west of Julchang were also Scene of the Battle Near Kiukiang subjected to a day-long bombing, the announcement said.
Progress was being made by naval surface craft which were proceeding upstream sweeping mines in their way and shelling Chinese positions on both banks, the communique stated.
Japanese Outflank Chinese Shanghai, Sept, 10, Japanese troops driving a wedge deeper into Honan province yester~ day threatened to "bottle up" more than ten Chinese divisions' massed west of Yehkiats! in a broad flanking movement, Domei dispatches from the front claimed last night.
The Japanese detachments, which Iaunched their drive from Likdatsl, 18 Kilometres north-west of Yehklats!, veered south-eastward and attacked Fangkiatsl, five kilometres from Changpochen, thus threatening the Ghinese troops west of Yehkiatsl from the rear. Changpocht Jcopttred on the night of September 7.
The western section of the Lunghai Railway was cut by Japanese artillery bombardments concentrated fon a std bridge west of Szeshul, which is 44 kilometres west of Chengchow, on Thursday morning, accord ing to @ press message from Wen-hsien, Fire from Wenhsien on the north. ern bank of the Yellow River molished the bridge and os a result those Chinese troops on the Lunghai west of Kunghsien are isolated from Hankow except by roundabout communication of air contact, the message claimed.
Destruction of the bridge was said have halted a westward movement lof the Sist Chinese Division under, Gen. Sun Lien-chung toward Tung-ewen and Loyang.
'Chinese troops which have been resisting the Japanese advance for' the past week in the advantageous mountain terrain west of Yehklats! in the Fukinshan area are comprised of the Glst, 89th, 36th, 111th 136th, 37th, AGth and 35th' Divisions as well as the Third Cavalry Division.
Line of Pillboxes Entrenched behind pillboxes constructed with rocks and lumber, these troops were resisting the Japanese heavy artillery and machine-gun fre, dispatches from the front said message from Luchow (Hofet) yesterday claimed that the Japanese Katoh detachment had successfully cleaned up remnants of organized Chinese units between Wuhu and /Anking, capital of Anhwei, This detachment, covered by Japan-Jose warships, landed at Sushihchen, 32. kilometres downstream from Anking on August 30 and dispersed three [Chinese divisions, which lost about 1,000 dead in engagements between Sushihehen and Wangkiatze, the message stated.
Landing at Yangshanchi, about eight kilometres downstream from Tatung Jon 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 Jmachine "guns, 100,000 rounds machine-gun ammunition end 6,000 jrounds of rife ammunition.
According to another message from Juichang, Gen. Chen Cheng, Commanlder-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 Jule ang.
Japanese pilots of scouting planes reported thet the highway between For the second day in succession, Japanese naval alreratt on Sept. concentrated their activity along the Yangtze River assisting the progress Jot land and river forces, a. com: munique "Issued by the' Japanese [China Seas Fleet command at noon yesterday stated, Poor atmospheric conditions had to _Jbe overcome to carry out these opera. tions, according to the announcement, Relays of bombers were claimed te nave silenced, following repeated at. tacks, Chinese heavy and field artil. lery batteries at Wusueh and on the southern bank of the Yangtze, 'A raid was carried out against the [Chinese military aerodrome. at Kian central Kisngsi province where Jrunways and other facilities "were destroyed, the communique
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