Flood waters of the Yangtze, inundating lowlands on the southern bank of the river, between Matowchen, where a boom was constructed by the Chinese, and Hukow, at the mouth of Lake Poyang, are working to the advantage of the Japanese forces, Lieut.-Commander Taro Isobe, naval spokesman, said yesterday at a press conference. The naval officer returned on Monday from a short tour of duty on the Yangtze.
^A hilly strip of land, about a mile wide, forms the southern bank of the Yangtze between Matow and Hulow," he said, "This means that the Japanese lines of communication are protected against attacks from large bodies of Chinese troops by the flood waters to the south.
Chinese troop remnants still holding on to the hills were being mopped up by the Japanese forces, an army spokesman said.
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