On another occasion, a Chinese column scattered in all directions at the approach of the correspondents' machine, throwing themselves hea Jone behind trees and into ditches. Little puffs of smoke spreading upwards roveated that the Chinese wore attempting to fire on our machine, but we escaped unscathed, 'A few minutes Inter a Japanese pursuit plane dashed towards us ominously through the mist, Then it Hdentified us and skimmed away.
As we sped away from the scene, the dull thud of exploding bombs continued to pound away, while below. as far as we went there seem= ed to be an endless flow of Japanese columns, supported by armies of trucks and tanks. marching forward to yet another attack in this appar ently endless war.—Reuler. included 20 locomotives and 1 freight cars, In a movement designed to facilitate the movement of troops at the front, Japanese unit on the afternoon of May 23 crossed the Yellow River at the Chenliukow ford.
Assisting the land operations of {the Japanese forces, naval _nireratt on May 24 bombed Chinese troop concentrations in the Lake Hungtzo tarea, north of Nanking; and at points north-west of Haichow, on the Lung. hat Railway, In the' lake area, bombs were Jéropped on troops at Wuho, Szeyang, ud other towns, Naval planes commanded by Liewlenants Takeichi Tomonaga and lent, Osamu Yoshimura dropped several tens" of bombs on troops at Hochen and Toho, north-west of Hal yesterday, chow, a naval" communique said
"Mere than 20" planes, led by Lieut, Kunthiro Iwaki, bombed troops massed west of and In Haichow. About 5,000 Chinese soldiers were said to have been dispersed at Shang-chen, on which 40 bombs were dropped,
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