The Archive · 1937

Japanese Drive South

Tokyo, Sept, 27.

Relentiessly driving " southward their wedge into North China, Japanese troops yesterday occupied Hsinlo, 30 kims, south of Paotingfu, the War Office announced this morning.

The war booty seized by the Kimura detachment, which: occupied the town, included an armoured car, we locomotives, 100 railway carriages, and five motor lorries, The Nagano detachment, which yesterday occupied Nianghiang, hallway station on the "Ti Pukow line eight kilometres. south of Tsamgehow, to-day continued its push southward, another com=

Yesterday morning, an Army communique issued to-day said, Japanese troops had captured 150' Chinese soldiers, with a field radio set, at a point 14 kims. west of Kaopeitien.

Snpanese troops in Shans! yesterday at 4 pin. captured Fangsze, a walled town in the north-eastern art of the province. The last seven Idlometres, between Welchiachuang and Fangsze, were covered in an hour, a' military communique sald.—Domei.

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