Steadily driving upriver, Japanese naval units on the Yangtze have reached Yaowan, 40 nautical miles upstream from Hankow, a Japanese spokesman revealed yesterday afternoon The Yangtze above Yaowan, the spokesman ded, seems to be heavily mined, Japanese nova! aircraft, the spokesman said, have been acti in sectors to the north-west and south-west of Hankow. Chinese troop concentrations and military convoys, he added, were bombed and much damage inflicted. The pi: s bombed included Ichang, Hiangyang, Lungyang, Pingkiang and Changsha. carried out bombing operatic]
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