Ranging over far-flung areas in North and Central China on Friday, Saturday and Monday, Japanese naval air units bombed barracks, military establishments, a wireless station, and troop concentrations in half a dozen towns in three provinces, the headquarters of the Japanese China Sea Fleet announced im à communique issued on Tuesday.
In North China naval bombers on Friday and Saturday made several attacks on barracks -at Yencheng in Central Kiangsu and demolished them.
On Saturday they severely damaged a newly established wireless station at Tungtai in Central Kiangsu.
Military establishments in Shaohing, south-east of Hangchow in northern Chekiang, were bombed on Monday. Barracks in the city were badly damaged by direct hits.
Operating in cloudly weather on Monday, a naval air squadron raided Kian and Taiho, both on the Kan River in Central Kiangsi, and Kang-shanghai, south of Nanchang in Central Kiangsi. These raids were "very successful," the communique claimed.
At Kian bombs were showered on military establishments, which were demolished, the statement continued. Despite anti-aircraft fire all the Planes returned safely to their base, according to the communique.
At Kangshangkai troop concentrations were attacked, Heavy damage was done to an airplane supply base recently moved from Kian and to important military establishments at Taiho, the communique concluded.
Yuncheng, June 7.
Explosions of artillery* shells and aerial bombs thundered through the mountains of southern Shansi today as five Japanese detachments cooperating in an extensive mopping-up drive tightened their lines around 30,000 Chines troops in areas"bordering the Yellow River.
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Assisted by an army air squadron, five Japanese units, including the Kishima Detachment, famous for its battles in mountainous districts, commenced operations Tuesday morning under a blistering sun, and heavy fighting has been goitig on since, according to a field dispatch.
Soon after launching a combined assault the Japanese forces battered it way through the so-called first and second defence lines of the Chi-mese and were reported today to be "advancing upon their central positions.
Simultaneously the Iwakiri Detachment launched' an assault from the left flank and ce-operated with the Kishima unit în driving the Chinese back to the towns of Pinglu and
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