A mechanized unit which captured Kihsien, 35 kilometres north of Nan-kung, cut off the retreat of Chinese troops from Hengsu, 25 kilometres north of Kihsien, The main force of the Mori detachment wiped out a column of retreating red troops in a clash yesterday, the dispatches claimed.
Oppressive tactics of the Eighth Route Army were revealed by inhabitants of Nankung, according to a message received from that town. Red army commanders were said to have forcibly recruited young men from Central Hopei, commandeered supplies and imposed heavy taxes on the populace.
Chinese soldiers disguised in plain clothes were attempting to fiter through the Japanese lines, the dispatch said.—Domei.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.