FRESH ATTACK

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 5, 29 September 1937, Page 5

FRESH ATTACK

— I'rl'sS Assn - Crvpvrirt'i'

Shanghai Ftont tanks and heavy guns Atieinpt to Sevfcr Chinese Commtinications BATTLE IN THE NORTH

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(Received 29, 8.45 u.iii.) LONDON, Sept. 2S. "With the grohttd drying up, tUe J iipanese have laufached an offeiisiVe on a wide front, I'rotu Ghapei to Kttiilgwan. The itivadera are lisihg tattks and ihi'antry attd heavy artillery, aird have landed thdttsalids of tro'ops. Tliey . apparently aiai at sbvering tke Ckiiieso communicatiotts betweeu Shattghai attd Nanking, and frbrn tiiere to etimmence a drive to FooekoW. i This tkrust follows tlie failure of ilie Japaaese to ciit tlxe highway between Lotien aad .Liuhang. The Ghiafese cbhnter-attacked at the latter plaeb, where tliey claim to have aekieved considerable sutcess, teaching : Yangckang. The Ckittese ffeport that the Oommunist Eighth Route Army, itt the ndrth, advancing eastwards, def'eated the Japaaese north of Bhanshi, itt the neighbourhood d£ Hungyiian, killing mad capturing between 800 and 500. Ten Japanese plahes raided the aerodrome and arseaal at Nanking to-day. A Tokio decree orders servihg troops to reittaitt with the cdlours iadeflnitely. The Times 's editoriai to-day, dealing with recent events itt Chitta, is headed: r Frightf uittess. ' ' The Times state's: "The world is watching J apan 's ttctiotts, its promiscuoug, indiscriminate terrorism, with growing resentinent ahd "disgust. "The ^pirit of China is so arousing world opinioa that Japan may well lave cattse to regret hesr poliey Of effectively ufliting and mettling the Chinese."