Chungking, Apr. 28.
Heavy Aghting is going on at pre-Jsent on the outskirts of Chingehen, with high Chinese commanders per-Jsonally directing operations ow the South' Shansi front, according to the atest Chinese reports received here, Tae Japanese forces in South-East Shans are stated to be attempting to Jeffect a junction at Chingchen with the Japanese troops pushing from the western terminus of the Taoching oilway, in North-Western Honan, towards points southwest of Ching-
Chinese forces at Yangchen and Lingehwan are reported to be closing from the west and east respective ly, while Chinese forges in North. Western Honan, inthe vicinity of Chiyuan and Menghsien, have crossed the Sin river.
One column is claimed to be pushing northward to support the Chinese forces at Chingchen, and another columns stated to. be marching north-eastwards towards Penal, on the Taoching Railway, to threaten the Japanese rear. The Chinese plan, it Ig asserted, 1s to wage a decisive bat. tle against the Japanese forees in the tarea between Chingehen and Penal.
'As Japanese -forees on the south' bank of the Yangtze above Wuhu have launched a drive southward in several columns, heavy Aghting is progressing the "vicinity "of "Fanchang and Nanling, according to Chinese field Aispatehes. The Chinese claim—the recapture of Nanling on April 20 after bitter fighting, while other Chinese columns are said to be approaching Wuhu from the south-west and south ast fo threaten the Japanese Fear.—
With the Japanese Forces South of the Yangtze, Apr. 25
Chinese troops comprising the 14th, [sand and newly-organized 4th Divi, slons, which have been massed in the sectors to the south-east of Anking. capital of Anhwei, and south-west of Tikang, 25 kilometres west of Fan. chang in south-eastern Anhwei, ap. peared caught ina wide but swit encircling movement launched by Japanese forces, dispatches reaching headquarters here stated.
Field messages reported. that twe Japanese columns, one making frontal attack, and' the other striking at the rear of the massed Chinese, are converging rapidly on. the Chinese positions. One other Japanese colums, {is assisting in the operation, Part of the Japanese forees, taking advantage of the moonlight, started surprise night attack on Chinese posi: tions in two sectors, south-east, and south-west of Yingchiahul, 38_kile: metres east of Anking, feld reports declared, The dispatches added that Chinese troops in the area were cleaned out by the following day.—Domel
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