JAPANESE cops are making "successful progress", on four'of the Known fronts on which they have landed—near Liuho, at Woosung, at Chwangsha east of Shanghai on the Pootung delta, and at Chapoo. Other landings were indicated as possible by the Japanese authorities yesterday, but in the absence of Chinese reports, were not confirmed.
A stern warning that Chinese forces which have been stationed in Pootung might cross the river into Nantao and thereby force the Japanese to bomb a thickly populated Chinese area was issued yesterday by the Japanese military authorities. Late last night it was reported from independent sources that many Chinese troops who had been stationed in the area threatened by the Japanese landing' near Chwangsha were crossing the Whangpoo, but whether they were going to the south of Nantao could not be gauged.
The Japanete thrust from the Yang-tue coast forced back the Chinese for many a mile yesterday. Late last hight there were big naval guns Inforelng their advance. Chinese reports of victories were generally di aunted in foreign eiveles, where developments of the last few weeks fad been closely watched. Against fix or eight-inch naval guns, all the Chinese could produce were bowiters of comparatively. small calibre, and those seemed to be busy pouring hells into the already blazing, Way-
'A Japanese military spokesman yesterday declared that all the Japanese endings wore "progressing sate
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