Japanese Forced to Retire at Pinghsingkwan Taiyuan, Sept. 27.
Sustaining severe blows at Ping-hsing kwan and Tuanchengkow, north~ ern Shansi, the Japanese troops invading Shansi have retreated north-stewards.. Chinese troops, in pursuit, have made an advance of nearly 40} miles and reached the district of Kwangling, north-eastern Shans! near 70 the Charhar border.
As a result of aypurprise attack and Aenking movement against the enemy the Chinese: troops scored another: victory on Saturday. More than 3,000 of the enemy were killed "and numerous tanks, eld pieces and ammunition. selzed—Kuo Min, Nanking, Sept, 27, troops cesses, according to an official tele, gram received by "General Chiang Kal-shek, President of the Military Affairs Commission, from General Yen Hsi-shan, Vice-Chairman of the Commission and concurrently Direc-quarters. for of the al yuan Pacification Head-
The Japenese troops operating in the—Tuanchengkow-Pinghsinglewasi sector belong to the Suzuki detect ment; they are assisted by Manchoukuo and Mongolian troops—Kuo Min, Shans! Clanese Advance Taiyuan, Sept, 28, Driving routed Japanese unns, be fore them, Chinese troops in northern Shansi since their signal victory at Pingyinkwan on Sept. 25 and 25, now rapidly advancing -northwar along the Lingehiu-Kwangling high-objective is be-tao. on the Pelping-'Suiyuan Railway, the.recapture of which will enable them to cut off all Japanese forces now at Tatung to northern Shansi and Pintichuan in southern Suiyuan, from their rear at Kalgan and Nankow.
Since the morning of Sept. 23, the remnants of the Ilagake and Zuzuki detachments have retreated in great confusion from Hungyuan toward Yinghsien south of Tatung. At var-
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