Chungking, Jan. 11.
Oficial Chinese military dispatches, received here from Sian today, claim that Chinese forces have recaptured Chihsien, Puhsien and Taling, im. portant towns in southwest Shansi, On the east bank of the Yellow River.
The Japanese, the reports further claim, are retreating southward in the direction of Hotsin, which is situated north of the confluence of the Fen and Yellow rivers.
The Japanese pressure in Shensi from the east bank of the Yellow River has, the dispatches add, been eased as a result: of this change in the situation—Reuter.
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