The heavy rains, which swelled the creeks and turned the terrain into sticky mud, were holding up the Japanese along other fronts, according to their spokesmen. They added that the Wakizaka, Shimoe and Fujii units, already in possession of the north side of Pearce Road, had launched a determined attack to drive out the Chinese from their positions on the south side of Pearce Road. The Tagami and Ishii units, they added. were engaged in a frontal drive and were pushing the Chinese back towards the south.
Chinese positions in the vicinity of Tso.Ka Jao, which the Japanese claimed last night, were said to be well constructed, with deep creeks running around them, and with concrete pill boxes, reinforced by steel plates, dotting the area.
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