Hankow, Sept. 14.
The Japanese are bringing up heavy guns to the north bank of the Yellow River in the vicinity of Wenhsien for the purpose of shelling the Lunghat Railway on the south bank in. at attempt to disrupt the railway com /munications, according to" Chinese Feports, Despite strong Chinese resistance, the Japanese forces based at Jul ghang, on the south bank of the Yangize, are steadily pushing their way" westward and north-westward, One column is said to be attacking Matouchen, strategic point on. the south bank opposite Wusueh, where Chinese fortifeations in the hills command a recently-erected boom, while another column, striking west ward along the Juichang to Yanghsin highway, is admitted to have penetrated the Chinese defences at Hoshanlao—Reuter.
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