Fresh divisions are being massed jin the greater Wuhan area. and, as their task is solely to defend Hankow, they will not be used for fighting fon other. fronts.
'A withdrawal from Hankow will be much more difficult than the evacuation of Nanking, From Noning, the Chinese forces were able to go westward by steamer along. the Yangtze, by railway north of the Yangise and by motor-road in vari~ ous directions, Tu Hankow the situation Is difterent, River trae westward from Hankow to Chungking has always been dificult, If the Japanese should Push southward towards Hankow, the only avenues of retreat will be by railway and motor road to Hunan, but both these communications are expected 10 be heavily bombed by the Japanese.—Reuter,
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