The capture of Wenhsien, a walled town on the northern bank of the Yellow River in southern Shansi 65 kilometres north-east of Loyang, by Japanese troops at 8 o'clock on Tuesday morning was claimed in a dispatch from the northern front yesterday afternoon, With its capture all key points north of the river in Shansi and Honan provinces were claimed to be held by the Japanese.
Repeated counter-attacks by Chinese troops on Japanese positions at Hukow and Pengtseh, 30 and 00 kilometres respectively east of Kiukiang, have been repulsed, a message from Kiukiang stated yesterday afternoon.
The Chinese attacks were made Over a period of more than a month following the Japanese occupation of the two places.
A force of 1,500 Chinese was repulsed after attacking Japanese positions in the sector south of Liuszekiao between Hukow and Pengtseh, the Kiukiang message claimed. Severe fighting raged there for several hours. The Chinese left 400 dead, the report claimed.
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