Chungking, June 5. psa is reported to be progressing along the Shanghai-Hanchow Railway, particularly in the' vicinity of Kashing.
Chinese reports state that Chinese troops entered Kashing on June 3 and engaged the Japanese garrison in street fighting, "but later withdrew from the city."
Chinese engineers, they add, blew up the two main. steel supports of the Chientang River bridge "in order to strengthen the Chinese defences on the south bank of the river, and also to prevent the Japanese from crossing it from the Hangchow side."—Reuter.
Chungking, June 5.
A Japanese force of 20,000 has arrived Western Shansi, it is reported by Chinese sources this morning. The Japanese troops, it is declared, had reached the towns of Chungyang and Linhi in Western Shansi, equipped with heavy artillery and scores of junks ahd collapsible' canvass boats. From these two places the Japanese had made a westward drive and attacked the Chinese positions at Liulin, Chuntu and Taikow on the eastern bank of the Yellow River.
At the same time, Japanese airplanes dropped leaflets over Tsikow, Chinese reports state, which announced the Japanese decision to cross the Yellow River and attack Shensi Province, To meet the new danger, it is reported, Chinese troops are engaged in making a flank attack to the west and north of Lishi in order to harass the rear connections of the Japanese and uphold their advance if possible.—Trans-Ocean.
Taiyuan, June 5.
Japanese detachments today had completely surrounded Liulinchen, 30 kilometres west of Lishih in western Shansi, in a new drive against troops of the Communist 19th Army. according to a message from a field headquarters, After being inactive in western Shansi for some time Japanese troops launched a mopping-up campaign in the Liulinchen district June 1.
Routing Chinese force east of Lishih, two Japanese units advanced upon Liulinchen from the north. while the main force of another detachment, after leaving Chungyang, defeated ' several thousand Chinese during an advance to a point south of Liulinchen.
Other troops of the same detachment made a wide detour south-east from Lishih and closed in on Liulin-
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