Reviewing fighting between Chinese forces in West Shansi the past ten days, the "Sao Tong. Pao," oMeial organ of the Chinese army, states that Japanes forees, with Linfeng on the Tungpu Railway as their base, have launched adrive westward in three columns.
At the same time, the newspaper roveuls, Japanese troops at Pingyao ave moved to the south, while other Sapanese units at Hotsin' (at the con~ nonce of the Fen and Yellow Rivers) have advanced {o the north, in an attempt to clear up Chinese forces operating in the mountains in West Shansi, onthe east bank of the Yellow River, with their base at Chisien.
Fighting, the "Sao Tang Pao" con. Unues, is in progress in all parts of 'West 'Shansi, embracing "six hsien, including Shihsien, Puhsicn, Taling, Chihsien, "Hslangning and' Hotsin. Alter several days of heavy Aghting, the journal alleges, the" Japanese attack was repulsed," but the Japanese are still holding to their positions in the vicinity of Puhsien and Taling.
Chinese forces are said aly present to be al lacking Puhsien where fighting is going on, and Tunerhli, Tangshan and' Sinchwang, south-east Japanese troops at Chuwu, Houma and Wenhsi, in South Shansi, are re-Ported to' be moving eastward towards Nanfan and. Anku, while Japanese units in South-West Shans, at Fenlingtu and Yungehi, are said to be advancing eastward against Staolitu. Severe. Aghting Is. in. pro-ress there, the "Sao Tang Pao" concludes—Reuter.
'A Japanese Naval Air Base, Nov. 4.
Seelting out the remnants of the depleted Chinese air force in their eyrie-like bases in the mountains fast nesses of Szechuen province, Japanese naval aircraft early this afternoon staged two mass attacks upon aero dromes in the Chengtu area with an interval of 20 minutes, Preliminary tabulations, based upon the reports of the participating pilots, this evening indicated that the large Japanese bomber squadrons had scored the biggest aerial success in
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