Chungking, Jan. 30, EVERE fighting is reported on the Honan-Hupeh fronts.
Japanese forces at Sinyang on the Peiping-Hankow railway are said to be pushing northward and also westward.
Meanwhile, Japanese forces in Hupeh are attacking Chinese positions in two sectors.
Japanese forces on the east bank of the Han river in the vicinity of the Chungtsiang area ate pushing northward along the east bank of the river opposite Ichang and are attacking Chinese positions on the south bank of the Yangtze river.
The motives of the Japanese attacks s., Japanese Occupy are still obscure though these attacks have not yet assumed the proportions. of a major offensive—Reuter.
Honan Areas Sucheng, Jan, 28.
'With all areas in southern Hon: formerly infested with Chinese tro completely in the hands of the Japan: ese, three Army formations now are busily engaged in mopping up opera tions' in the vicinity of Miyangshieh, the Chinese base, according to a field despatch reaching here today.
Milyangshien was occupied on Sunday, after a_sanguinary engagement gainst the Chinese troops.
Cooperating with four Japanese units, which thrust swiftly into the heart of the enemy forces, other formations pushed at high speed from the captured bare, succeeding in occupying Makutien, 20 kilometres east of Miyangshien,
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