Hankow, Sept. 26. (TREE CHENG, a strategic fort on the north bank of the Yangtze River, is being subjected to terrific aerial and artillery bombardment, as the Japanese forces are launching a determined assault from three directions.
Japanese columns from Kwangtsi are pushing southwestwards in the direction of Tienchiacheng, while a column from Wusueh, moving towards the west, is attacking Chinese positions in the vicinity of Tsuchiashan and Chiuliushan.
Chinese military dispatches today state that the Chinese defence works have suffered considerable damage as the result of the severe Japanese aerial bombings.
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