In view of information received that "the 45th Chinese Division, wiileh has been active of tate in the South-west of Shanghai, intended to carry out operations on the second niversary of the outbreak of the Sino-Japanese hostilities, the Japanese. launched a surprise attack against the division on July 6, a Japanese army spokesman stated at the press conference yesterday.
The attack, he said, took place at Changliangting, 16 kilometres. south: west of Tsingpu, which Is 20 kllometres west of Hungjao, The Chinese broke, abandoning 140 dead, tw: machine. uns, 22 rifles grenades and Ammunition, he continued. Japanese casualties were one wounded.
There were also minor skirmishes in the vicinity of Shanghai during the night of July 6.7, when Japanese forces attacked guerilla coneentrations, the spokesman added,
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