The Japanese forces, according to the Japanese authorities here, have enveloped 60,000 Chinese regular and Communist troops in the Taichow plain, These men, the officers said, will be "annihilated" unless they escape into the mountains, The first breach in Taichow's defences was made by the Uyeda detachment, which occupied the town's north gate at 4 pin. The Terada "detachment meanwhile attacked on the securely barred East Gate. Under a.hail of rifle and machine-gun bullets, the Japanese soldiers, says a military communique, scaled the wall and drove the Chinese away with hand-grenades. A. breach. was made in the inner wall with explosives, and the Japanese troops poured into the town.. After: a three-hour bitter hand-to-hand combat, the Chinese troops fled from the town.—Domel.
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