Shanghai, Mar. 22.
The military spokesman, hav-Jog announced at yesterday's press conference that" the Japanese southern push had reached the Kiangsu border, upon being ques toned, stated that the minimum distance separating the two Japanese forees—the one driving north, the other south—atong the Tsinpu Railway, was roughly 170 kin." "This is ttle more than 100" miles 300 to 400 men, stationed at Hun chiaocheng village, between Hsua chen and" Kwangteh, has been dis persed after' being encircled Chinese troops," the spokesman con-
Japanese Movements, Chinese reports stated that on the Peiping-Hankow "Railway fro movements of Japanese forces wers the following day when "4,000 "Japanese troops: moved out in detachments from their on the. Rail heading eastward for Fengehiu, fon the north" bank of the Yellov River, opposite Kaifeng, the capital of Honan Province."
On the Shansi front, a Chinese communique declared, three Japanes0 detachments, escorted by war planes, had advanced towards west Shansi, to the south of Taning, and heavy fighting was now going there. Gunfire was audible at Ping-tu kwan and Taoyuantse.
Despite the Japanese _reinforeements from Suiyuan province to} Hoehu, an important city in north= west Shansi, on the east bank of the Yellow River. the Chinese had recaptured Paoich on March 18, the communique stated. Tt added' that Chinese troops were at present pre-Pared to cross the Yellow River In. order to attack Hochu.—Reuter.
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