From Liuho, reports here said, Japanese forces on Saturday morning thrust their way into Pantatsl. eastern Anhwei. By Sunday, the town was cleared, In cooperation with land forces, Japanese army planes were active, bombing military establishments in the neighbourhood of Kaoyu. in western Klansu, reports reaching here said. Military establishments at Lunghwa, 40 kilometres north-east of Kaoyu, ind munition factories Taihsicn, 70 kilometres southwest of Keoyu, were on Sunday subjected to intensive bombing raids by Japanese army fying squadrons, Japanese raiders repeated their eon Lunghwa area yesterday, it was reported that more than "200 vessels Wore concentrated there by the Chungking Command—Domet, lith Route Army in North Chungking, Sept. 10. munist Army of Chin: Tras put 105, regiments in action in the north against Japanese troops and has captured 46 strategic places, it" was tated here this morning.
The Eighth Army offensive was Jnunched, it was stated, in order to prevent the distribution of Japanese Feinforeoments arrived from Japan tions. in souther Hankow, and Hainan, These troops were assortedly to be used shortly in a deelsive offensive on Chungking, The Eighth Route Army, however, has created a diversion Which, cording to Chungking quarters, prevents the routine distribution of the hewly arrived Japanese forces, Furthermore, the same circles said the Eighth Army plans, by its offend sive, (0 save the autumn harvests of the Chinese peasants in the north, for these harvests "might otherwise be destroyed by the Japanese."—Havas.
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