Several Chinese divisions already assed at Sinyang, were said to In-ide the First, 26th and. 24th antral troops under Gen. Hu Tsung-and some units of Szechuen cops.
'According to @ message from Shihslachwang, a Japanese detachment defeated Central troops ofthe. 10th ud 88th Divisions of the lath "Army Yuanku "volunteers" after several us of fighting In. the' Vicinity. of sipantsun. in south-western Shans.
Japanese. unit launched. drive om Chieh-hsien, Chinese losses" in, the engagement cere estimated at 450 dead. Sur ivory of the clash were said to be 'Wveating toward." Yuanics, closely unrsued' by Japanese columns. ay attached great it trance to the! Military observers in Tokyo yester-
: cupation. of Tienchiacheng, about} 40 miles from Hankow, pointing out rat! Chinese history shows that the is of Tlenchiacheng "virtually means ve'loss of Hankow or vice. vera Shanghai, Oct. 3.
Japanese, troops advancing westward in the sector' south of the Yangtze yesterday morning captured Paishih, Strategic town on the bank of the Fushul River running south of Yangsin into the Yangtze, according to a Domei dispatch from the front last night. Chinese troops, _which had been defending this area, were disorganized by the capture of the town and attempted to flee across broken bridges and in river boats, Japanese fire hampered the retreat) Jot those trying to escape by boat.
Two other Japanese detachments yesterday morning routed Chinese troops on Yangtientang hill on the bank of the river and occupied the height.
Other Japanese units were] ing. engaging Chinese troops in the area feast of the river, These troops were attached to the new 60th Army of Central forces and it was said to be their first clash with Japanese detachments. The Chinese were routed with heavy losses.
Chinese positions along the Fushul River were regarded as important cause they constituted a so-called second defence line for the Wuhan area, The Chinese held vantage! points as the river is more than 200 metres wide and marshes two kilometres wide are situated on both banks, adjacent to a steep mountain range. Chinese forces, numbering more than 30 divisions, were said to be strongly entrenched in a sector 60 kilometres in extent.
Pineer Movement Heavy Chinese Casualties Claimed Shanghai, Oct, 2.
Casualties suffered by the Chinese A Japanese pincer movement against. troops in two weeks' fighting in the hankow from three directions, north, Tienchiacheng area were estimated vuth, and is. making ' steady rouress, field dispatches from the at more than 30,000, including 5,000 dead left on the fields of battles, font claimed last night.
One column driving westward along according to a field message relayed highway 0 cut' the Pelpingfrom Tokyo last night. Five hun-hankow Railway at Sinyang - was dred Chinese were taken prisoner. attering at Wulitien, half way be Booty comprised an electric power ween Loshan and' Sinyang, the generator, two heavy fortress guns, sports said, motor launch, 23 field and moun-Another column negotiating dimeult tain guns, seven howitzers, 20 heavy' mountain passes in the Tapieh range machine guns, 50 machine guns rining the border between Honan [Czechoslovak manufacture, 1,000 1d Hupeh provinces, was threatening rifles, 70,000 rounds of rifle ammuni-invade Hupeh to capture Macheng. tion, '50 boxes of power, 2000 boxes inten and Shawo in the Tapieh fof Geld gun shells and 1,000 antly inge already have fallen into Japan-tank gun shells, according to the hands, The fall of Tienchiacheng has Naval units were said to be advane-"doubtless greatly weakened the up the Yangtze while removing morale of the Chinese forces," acems and clearing mines. One cording to a communique issued by osage said a stretch of the Yangtze ithe headquarters of the Japanese rout 100 miles long between Tien-'Expeditionary Force in Central cheng and Hankow had been China yestertiay afternoon, Losses ined into a vast mine eld, while suffered by the Chinese have not modern forts had been established at been definitely determined but it is Lwangchow, Yanglo, Chengchow and ther key points, certain that more than 19 Chinese divisions were defeated since Advance South of Yangteo JSeptember 16, the statement said. Japanese detachments on the south-n front south of the Yangtze also re pushing westward steadily, the ports claimed.
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