A heavy westward movement of Japanese troops with their impediment was observed yesterday in Chapei along Chungsan Road and other roads of the area. The trek, which was considerable also on Sunday, continued yesterday evening and into the night, Chungsan Road was filled with soldiers, horses and equipment. Trucks and two-wheeled carts were seen proceeding west, filled with men and supplies, and empty vehicles were observed going in the opposite direction. Guns were mostly horse-drawn, but some were pulled by the soldiers themselves. Occasionally a motorcycle with side-car would pass in either direction, a machine-gun. mounted on the side-car and manned.
Japanese army horses may be seen in large numbers at stations along the Chapei roads. They are. quarter-€d in abandoned Chinese houses, their fodder being stacked in courtyards and gardens.
Japanese pursuit planes, flying singly' and in pairs, watched the movement of the troops out of Shanghai yesterday.
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