'HINESE mobile artillery units along the Yangtze River continue to attack Japanese transports, according to Chinese reports received here today.
When proceeding downriver Japanese ship Fenyang from Hankow on October 14, the Maru is said to have been shelled in the lity of Matang, below Kiukiang, by Chinese shore batteries, The vessel, reports claim, sank after receiving several direct hits.
The Japanese transport ships Sinfeng Maru and Tashi Maru, it is also reported, were shelled by Chinese batteries in the vicinity of Wuhu, when travelling upriver from Hankow on October' 15, Both ships are stated to have been badly damaged.—Reuter.
Chungking, Oct, 23.
Snowfall in West Suiyuan and heavy rains in Northern Hunan are hampering military operations those fronts, reports reaching here state.
'With the approach of winter the water level is falling in the Yantze and. Siang Rivers and in Tungting Lake, 'This major Japanese operetions' in. Central China are considered unlikely, as the Japanese will not bbe able to rely on warships to support their drive either" towards Tehang or Changsha.
'The' Japanese have been using warships not only {0 support land operations by naval bombardment, but also to transport troops and
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