(Continued from page 5) troop concentrations on both banks of the river, the announcement stated.
Three Japanese pursuit craft, engaged in an aerial patrol above Anking, engaged three Chinese heavy bombers, shooting two of them down and forcing another one to flee, trailing smoke.
Lieut. Goro Iwasaki, on a reconnaissance flight, was engaged in combat by two Chinese pursuit machines. One of the Chinese machines was apparently hit, for it is reported to have fled also trailing smoke, the announcement added.
Referring to the raid on Nanchang, the communique claimed that the Japanese bombers carried out the operations "with great ease."
No Chinese pursuit craft were in the air, the announcement stated,
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