With the Japanese forces on the Siusui Front, Mar. 22.
'With its' forees "in full yetpeat, southwards from the southern bank of the Siu River, following the piereug of the 20-kilometre-deep triple defences extending from Tzulukiag to. Chusullung by the Japanese, the Chie nese high command today was fever~ ighly attempting to halt the Japanese onslaught at Anlungehiao, Japanese Stair emeers revealed today on the basis of aerial observation, Strong defences, supported by artillery, they" said, were being hastily" prepared at Anlungehiao, 28 Kilometres south "of Yungsiv. The Japanese forces have so far advanced to Anshin, 20 kilometres south Main Body Falls Back The bulk of the Chinese forces assigned to this sector, aerial observation indicated, was, however, falling back on masse "along the Anshih-Wanklafow highway" and through the mountains east Kiatow, 30 kilometres north Nanchang, Meantime, Japanese forces operat: {ng in the Wuning sector were with in ten kilometres of the strategically vital town In north-western. Kiangst, held dispatches indicated.
'Held to be indicative of the poor' morale of the Chinese in this sector, 650 men, including one captain, al-Towed themselves to be taken prisoner by the right wing of the Japanese forces operating against The artillery preparation that preceded the Japanese onslaught in this. area took a heavy toll, at least 1,100 Chinese dead being found in the path of the Japanese advance.
"The Japanese right wing has so far suffered 16 killed and a score of wounded,
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