ATTACK ORDERED

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 1, Issue 154, 22 February 1932, Page 5

ATTACK ORDERED

LVY BOMBARDMENT HELPS JAPANESE INFANTRY j TO ADVANCE NESE FORCED TO RETREAT Rec. Feb. 21, 7 p.m. | SHANGHAI, Saturday. 7 o'clock General Uyeda sumid his staff and announced that Chinese had failed to withdraw ordered an immediate offensive. ty minutes later the Kiang Wan ourse was occupied with few dties. e infantry advance was assisted heavy bombardment of the )w trenches in the Kiang area. i Chinese retreated to the Kiang ;e, which is reported to be strongrtified. converging movement toward ; commenced on Friday at mid- , when the Japanese infantry up positions in a right-angle ition, awaiting orders to admixed brigade which has been ned for the past week at Chang Pang moved southwards toward acecourse, while the main line i steadily across the Woosung iry road, which position is now lidated. Japanese are now awaiting the for a offensive, having cleared immediate front of small bands inese. Resistance in this area y expected as the Chinese intend ; haek on the fortified trench i along lines extending from ; village beyond Jessfield Park fard to Nankao. mese reports estimate that hoops occupied the Kiang secit they offered little resistance, he exception of a strong party the Fuhtan University, which rentually ' taken by the Japan- ; considerable sacrifice, owing ir unwillingness to bombard a il institution. ng the Japanese advance aerocircled the territory direet5 operations of the artillery.