By Chungking; Objective Of Drive Unknown Chungking, Nov. 3.
Severe fighting has broken out in Central China, on the north bank of the Yangtze, where Japanese forces are launching' a vigorous offensive, according to Chinese dispatches received here today.
This offensive, they add, is being directed at two poínts. One Japanese column is said to be threatening Sinyang, in southern Honan, while a Second unit is said to be advancing from Chienchiang, on the west bank of the Han River.
Well-informed Chinese circles point out that following the reverses on the north Hunan front, the Japanese have been concentrating their forces on the north bank of the Yangtze, in the vicinity of Sinyang and Chienchiang.
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