Claimed. as. Result of Artillery Attacks Chungking, Mar. 5.
Reports that Chinese mobile artillery units have been active along the lower Yangtze, shelling Japanese transports and warships going up and down the river, were confirmed by both Chinese and foreign sources, it iwas learned here today.
A Chinese field dispatch from the Lower Yangtze area reports that during the past few days Chinese batteries have sunk more than 10 Japanese warships or transports below Kiukiang.
Chinese guns are said to have sunk the Japanese transport Hamada Maru, about 900 tons, near Hukow below Kiukiang. The Chinese claim that the Japanese lost 200 officers and men.
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