Hankow, June 13, Japanese troops were landed this morning at Wushahsia and Chienchiangkou, on the south bank of the Yangtze opposite Anking, and also at Chinyangho, on the north bank under cover of a terrific bombardment from Japanese warships, according to an urgent telephone message from Anking to General Chiang Kai-shek's headquarters this afternoon, The Japanese at Chienchiangkou, the message adds, are being driven back to their ships, while those at Wushahsia are being forced to retreat towards the Yangtze river bank.
Fighting is said to be still in progress on the north bank at Chin-yang ho, Fighting is also stated to be going on near Sincbeng station on the Peiping-Hankow Railway, south of Chengchow, where a detachment of Japanese troóps appeared yesterday.
The Japanese forces in the Yushih region are reported to be attacking Yuchwan, northeast of Hsuchang, on the Peiping-Hankow Railway, while another Japanese cólumn from the area are said|to be attacking ang, east of Chowchiakou, near Yencheng, on the railway Severe Fighting at Kweichih Before the receipt of the urgent telephone message from the front, a Chinese military spokesman said that severe fighting was ili progress at Kweichih, west of Wuhu, on the south bank of the Yangtze, where the Japanese, he declared, were landing troops from transports under cover of a bombardment from their warships.
Following their failure to effect a landing yesterday, the spokesman asserted, the Japanese managed to land troops this morning on the south bank near Kweichih.
He believed that the fighting near Kweichih would assume serious proportions shortly, since the Japanese landing operations there were not in the nature of a test but indicated an attempt to launch a drive along the Yangtse river.
Referring to the military situation is-northwest Anhwei, the spokesman stated that Chinese forces were at present holding the hills at Taohsicheng, north of Shuchen, and also those at Luchiang, south of Shuchen.
The Chinese and Japanese, he said, had been facing each other since June 8 across the river west of Chengyansiwan, In Shansi, the spokesman asserted. the Chinese forces were attacking Yunchen (Anyi), No progress he said, had been made in the Chinese attack on Houma and Linfeng, On the Shansi-Suiyuan border, the Japanese forces captured Pienkwan on June 5. but the Chinese, under Generals Fu Tso-yi and Ma Chan-shan, the spokesman claimed, counterattacked on June 7 and recaptured Pienkwan The Japanese are alleged to have suffered between 1,000 and 1.900 casualties in the battle.
The Japanese area said to be retreating—northeasteward towards Chingshuiho.
The spokesman added that the Chinese in Shantung were active in the vicinity of Mengyin, Taian and Poshan, A large number of Chinese bombers hopped off today, for an ~undisclosed destination. probably to
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