Chungking, Nov. 14, INO-JAPANESE fighting during the past week was mainly confined to the Japanese attempts (o capture bases of Chinese mobile units operating in Shansi, Hupeh, Kiangsi, Kiangsu and Anhwei provinces, said the Chinese military spokesman today. The Japanese attacks, he claimed, had been repulsed, Referring to fighting in West Shansi, where the Japanese launched an attack on Chinese positions on the cast bank of the Yellow River, in the vicinity of Chihsen, Shihhien, Pusien and Hsiannaing, the spokesman said chinese columns has attacked the westward-moving Japanese units from the north and south, the Chinese northern column moving down from Chuntu, the southern River. column moving to the north-east from the north bank of the Fen
'As a result of the Chinese counter offensive, the spokesman claimed, japanese' forces in West Shansi were Chinese Recapture fat present falling back to the eas 'The' cast bank of the Yellow River West "Shansi, he "added, had! been Hsianning cleared of Japanese. troops.
Changlking, Nov. 16:
Commenting on fighting in West "aster Uaree day's of sever® Tighting Hupeh, on the "north bank of the in south-west Shansi, Chinese forcet Yangtze Tiver, the Chinese spokes: recaptured' the strategic velt man. declared "that Chinese columns Hianning in the evening of Novem nad launched a counter-attack against ber 14." states 'a Chinese. eld dis the Japanese forees which had. cape Patch received here toddy from the turned Meinyang, on the south bunk Shanst front, Jot the 'Han' River. After attacking "in a counter-offensive on the west {the city from three directions, the [shan al front, Chinese forces nally Chinese forees recaptured. Meinyang osed in on Hsianning, where Japane jon November 10, and. the Japanese Wwere retreating towards Senfagchent.
Tsinpu Railway Attacked In North Anhwei and had. been very active al southern section of the Tientsin~ Pukow Railway, also the Grand al. 'The Japanese had therefore Jatlacked the Chinese mobile units' base at Fengtai and Shouhsien, southwest of Pengpu. These two' towns, the spokesman alleged, were recaptured on November 7, giving the Chi-Inese a favourable position from which attack the railway. Chinese forces had also occupied Kaoyu and Shao-}peh, thus enabling them to cut com= munications along the Grand Canal, in North Kiangsi the Japanese had attacked Chinese units operating from 8 base in Minshan mountain, from Where they constantly raided the Nanchang-Kiukiang Railway. The JJapanese had attacked from Yanghsin Jand Tehan, but the offensive had also failed, the spokesman concluded Reuter, eve forces launched a determined. ate ack on Chinese positions north Hslanning on November 13,""the Chile nes eld dispatch adds "aller a desperate battle," it claims, "the Japanese were -dfeated, evacuating Heinnning at 640. o'etock
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