All Communications Severed: Chinese Police. Withdrawn: Troops Converging on Chuensha, Nanwei Shanghai, Jan, 19, Japanese operations in Pootung. were reported yesterday to be in, full swing and. some residents on' the western shore of the Whangpoo reported that machine-gun and artillery fire were occasionally audible in the evening.
Aided by armoured ears, Japanese attacks on Chinese mobile units in tie area were said to have been Jaunched on Sunday, when preparations for the campaign were completed, their immediate objectives being Tenghsien, Nanwel and Chuensha, Latest reports brought to Shanghai from Pootung by boatmen and others pointed to a Japanese success at Tenghsien, where the unit commanded by one Li Pel-chuen has been driven out of the city. At Chuensha and Nanwel, the Japanese were said to be meeting with a stubborn resist ance, The opposing troops were separated by a wide creek.
In accordance. with their. usual tactics, the mobile units are expected to evacuate the two places at any moment in order to preserve their strength. The severance of all communications in Pootung by the Jupanese is reported to be aimed against the possible escape of the Chinese troops.
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