Hankow, Sept. 16. Severe fighting is ranging on the ad between Singtze and Tehan, as Japanese make w determined rive toward the latter place, Chiese reports state.
The intensity of the battle is in-ated by a Chinese communique ving that 2,000 Chinese soldiers fell "Sikungling during three days, when ypanese troops made 16 assaults. Chinese army corps division com-anders are personally directing rerations from points only a half ile behind the front line trenches. hinese forees are now holding posimns west of Yaikoc.
Chinese despatches also state that Japanese forces in south-east man are converging on Huangehuan Cwangehow) in two columns.
The main body from Kushih is ited to have crossed the Peilu and \ang rivers and to be approaching vangehuan from the east, while an-her column, advancing' westward ong the Hwai River, is said to have iched Changlingtsi and Hwaifengnorth-east of Huangehuan, in an tempt to outfankc the Chinese deriders, noth-east Honan, a Japanese lumn from Taikang is reported to ye crossed the Chialu River, reach-Kuchen, east of Hsuchang.
At the same time, Chinese des-tehes state that another Japanese lumn is trying to cross the Chialu
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Wusueh Captured Shanghai, Sept. 18.
wanty-four hours of" sanguinary riting ended early yesterday erning when a Japanese naval idling party captured Wusueh, only fortified Chinese defence m on the north bank of the ngtze, 45 kilometres upstream from kiang. in planting the sun-spangled naval sign in Wusueh, on the 44th anversary of the battle of the Yellow the Japanese bluejackets brought an end one of the most spectacular engagements in the present Hapkow campaign, Domei correspondents said, radioed dispatches.
To the concentrated fire of the! Japanese river fleet, was added that of heavy field pieces landed at Ma-[touched, across the river to the south, [while from the air, medium and heavy bombers rained death and destruction upon the Chinese below.
The fall of Wustich, which together with Matouchen commanded the approach to the Yangtze narrows, will facilitate a Japanese advance up the river, still the "shortest route to Hankow." 'Mine fields and partial booms, [consisting principally of logs. tied together and occasionally of rockfoaded junks, however, still hamper [the Japanese' progress.
Honan Drive Speeded Meantime, jubilant over the capture lot Kwangchow and Shangcheng {the same day, Japanese troops speed-Jed up their westward drive in south-Jeastern Honan yesterday with the Peiping-Hankow Railway as their next Important objective.
Apparently fearing that the Japan-lose assault on the railway will take place in the Sinyang area, the Chinese Jcommand was rushing a large number lot troops, estimated at 15 divisions, that sector, according to a Domei {dispatch from Honan on Friday night, The Chinese were said to be heavily Jarmed with tanks and artillery.
The capture of Kwangchow and [Shangcheng on Friday ~greatly. wea [kened the Chinese defences in Honan, Japanese military observers said.
Part of the Japanese troops which occupied Shangcheng pushed on west [ward on Priday afternoon and reached the bank of the Chu River, one kllometre west of Shangcheng, at 2.30 o'clock, the Domei message from Honan' stated, Other units were mopping up stragglers in Shangcheng.
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