Salt Lake Telegram | 1941-10-09 | Page 5 | Biggest Chinese Thrust on, Say Japanese

Biggest I Chinese Thrust ThrustOn ThrustOn On 0 Say a Japanese SHANGHAI Oct 9 AP The AP-The The greatest offensive of the Chinese army in four and a quarter years of warfare apparently is under way Japanese army sources said Thurs Thurs- day They reported troops attacked Japanese forces October 3 on all fronts of central China and said fighting still was in progress north noHh west and south of Japanese-held Japanese Yangtze river port Japanese said the principal Chinese Chinese Chinese Chi Chi- nese objective was which Generalissimo Chiang shek Kai-shek ordered ordered ordered or or- dered recaptured and it was acknowledged acknowledged acknowledged ac ac- ac- ac a Chinese division had occupied some frontal positions with Chinese losses of dead and prisoners Chinese said Tuesday Chinese troops were battling with Japanese in the streets of a Yangtze treaty port and westernmost zone of Japanese penetration A Chinese Chinese Chinese Chi Chi- nese Wednesday night declared five strategic points around h had been captured and that the Jap Japanese nese position was precarious Japanese sources admitted Chinese Chinese Chi CM- nese lines about were onla a few hundred yards from the defenses defenses defenses de de- de- de but said the attackers had been unable to face Japanese ar ar- ar- ar tillery Reports of a Chinese counterattack counterattack counterattack counter counter- attack at were not confirmed but the Japanese admitted admitted admitted ad ad- Chinese forces were assembling assembling assembling as as- only five miles south of there Japanese claimed victory northwest northwest northwest north north- west of where aerial activity activity activity ac ac- ac- ac was reported declared declared declared de de- three Chinese divisions perhaps perhaps perhaps per per- haps men had been wiped out near and that fighting fighting fighting fight fight- ing progressed near Anlu Japanese headquarters at Han Han- kow announced its campaign cam cam- a a drive south in which the Japanese claimed temporary possession possession possession pos pos- session of the Hunan province capital had capital had been completed and that the troops had returned to their bases on the south bank of the Yangtze This was a withdrawal of 90 miles in seven days sources said it was a retreat in which the invaders were harassed by forces Foreign military observers said they believed the Chinese had seized the initiative in central China in an effort to take advantage advantage advantage tage of a Japanese concentration I for and drives