In agesmégnce with prearranged plans, the right flank of the Chinese forces on the Lotien-Hsinchen line yesterday morning finished swinging northward with Lotien as the pivotal centre in order to cut off the salient at Hsinchen, according to a Chinese military spokesman at noon yesterday.
In spite of repeated Japanese attacks from the direction of Yuehpu which is now in Japanese hands, the Chinese withdrawal was effected without a hitch early yesterday morning, the spokesman added.
Fierce fighting was raging yesterday morning east of Lotien with the Japanese attackers apparently bent on pushing toward Kiating. Chinese units at Lotien were offering a most spirited and determined resistance.
Meanwhile Japanese troops at Peitang near Lotien who crossed the creek on Tuesday were forced to recross it yesterday morning and they were taking positions on the northern bank of the creek.
In the Civic Centre ihe Japanese were continuing their attempted advance along Kiangwan Road toward the village of Kiangwan where the Chinese are firmly entrenched, but they did not succeed. At noon fighting was still in progress east of Kiangwan Road, the spokesman said.
At the Eight Character Bridge and in the vicinity of the Tientungan railway depot north of the Japanese Landing Party barracks, th wes considerable fighting yesterday morns ing but no change in positions had been reported.
The North Station sector was generally quiet yesterday morning and reports of the removal of Chinese machine-guns from there were discredited in Chinese circles,
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