Tientsin, Jan. 16.
"While General Han Fu-chu, former Shantung warlord, to-day awaited judgment in Hankow for alleged dereliction of duty, his troops, in a marshy region in the south-western corner of the province, were being rapidly decimated by ceaseless, sive aerial bombing, according to Japanese repórt here.
Japanese troops continued to converge upon the Chinese "Hindenburg Line", along the Lunghai Railway, from north and south, The Kurabayashi detachment, driv-northward along the Tsinpu line, -day prepared for a swoop upon the eastern section of the Lunghai Railway. After decimating about 6,000 Chinese soldiers in the hilly district north-east of Chuyi, the detachment has reached Lake Hungtze, on the western border of Kiangsu province.
Japanese units advancing southward were, meanwhile, steadily nearing the Lunghai line from three directions.
The main body of this force was advancing along the Tientsin-Pukow line, easily crushing Chinese resistance.
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