PAOSHAN CITY HOLDS OUT

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXI, 10 September 1937, Page 3

PAOSHAN CITY HOLDS OUT

AGAINST JAPANESE FORCES REPORT TO CHINESE CONSUL 'iv» I'idtißnipli- Pi'eHf Anttociatiunl WELLINGTON, 9th September. The Chinese Consul Inis received the following cablegram from Nanking: The valour of (lie Chinese troops de. fending Paosban City who held out against surrounding Japanese forces, turned the tide of battle in that sector. The Chinese forces around Pnoshan were forced to retire on Sunday but one battalion was left within (lie walled city ami stuck to its posts until the arrival of fiesli reinforcements who pushed back the Japanese thrust after a battle which lasted twelve hours. Several Japanese attempts to land troops at Liulio, Siaochitensha, Ganglinkow and ( hiynkow were all frustrated. Three thousand Japanese troops with a number of heavy field guns landed yesterday from four transports ill the Yangtscpoo district. Fierce attacks on the Chinese positions on Chunkung Road and ) inziung village followed, the attackers bring assisted by heavy artillery naval guns and aerial bombardment, but the Chinese positions remained unmoved. Two Japanese destroyers and one gunboat lying off Lotion were sunk by Chinese air bombs.