The objective of thís new Japanese offensive, they continue, is not yet known, In southern Honan, fighting is said at present to be taking place west of Changtaikwan, west of the Peiping-Hankow Railway.
At the same time, Japanese forces in west Hupeh are said to be attacking Sientaocheng, a small village on the south bank el the Han River, southeast of Chenchiang.
Under cover of a "severe aerial bombardment, and after having received reinforcements, Japanese forces are reported to have started an attack on Chienchiang on October 31.
In north Hupeh, Chinese dispatches say, the Japanese launched an attack on Siáotiehshan on October 28. The tity, they add, fell "the following morning, when the Chinese started counter-attack. "Heavy fighting is now, reported on the Hupeh front—Reuter,
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