Chungt 1g, Nov. 7. JePgnibie operetta nove bits sizes west of ante, earth of the Yangtze River, probably aim at clearing up Chinese forces active in the triangular area between the Han and Yangtze Rivers, declared the Chinese military spokesman this afternoon, in his weekly review of the Sino-Japanese situation.
As Japanese forces at Chienchiang, on the south bank of the-Han River, moved to the south-east in the direction of Sientaocheng, the spokesman said, other Japanese troops, at Hanyang, were shifted westward to effect a junction with the eastward-moving column, After capturing Sientaocheng, the Japanese advanced on Meinyang, which city also fell into. their hands, Chinese forees, the spokesman claimed, are now counter-attacking, Jand fighting is going on in the vieing ity-of Meinyang.
"The spokesman attributed the [Japanese desire to clear up Chinese forees west of Hankow to two reasons: Jaret, Chinese artillery units at Sien-{aocheng have been constantly shel-Hing Japanese transports on the Han /River; second, when Chinese alreratt recently bombed Hankow aerodrome, the Japanese were caught unprepat without any advance warning, as the raiders reached Hankow over the Jarea between the Han and Yangtze Rivers.
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