Important gains in the Lotien, Yanghang and Wentsaopang: sectors of the Shanghai front were claimed by.the Army authorities in a communique issued late last night.
The' detachment commanded by Colonel Yoji Wachi, who gained fame as the head of a Special Service Section in North China, had captured Yangchiachai and Chenchiachai, in the Lotien area and was pushing westward, according to the communique.
The Nagatsu detachment, also operating on the Lotien front, at 1 o'clock yesterday afternoon captured strong. Chinese, positions; at,-Shenchiachai, and' was reported (by) the communique to be advancing against the Chinese forces entrenched along aline connecting Changchiachai and Chuchiachai, Three detachments, whose identity was not revealed, were said by the communique to have reached a line running through Paochialung, Hsu-chai and Huchiachuang and extending south-eastward to the north bank of the Woosung Creek. The Chinese resistance was described by the communique as "stubborn."
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