APANESE forces launched operations at dawn Monday along the south bank of the Yangtze, above Wuhu, Japanese military sources in Shanghai disclosed last night. Breaking through a concentration of about 1,000 Chinese troops, the Japanese forces were making rapid progress towards their objective, which was not disclosed. With two other Japanese columns, stationed in other areas, launching operations in concert with the effectives above Wuhu, Chinese troops stationed from Eastern Chekiang in the east to the Tsinyang area in southern Anhwei were reported to have been plunged into confusion.
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