Erustrating Gen. Chiang Kai-shek' so-called "April push in southern Shansi, three Japanese detachments fon April 12 repulsed Chinese attempts to capture Hsiahsien, an important town in southern' Shansi, [according to reports reaching here today.
Chinese troops of the 12th and 10ith Divisions raided the town, but were driven off by the Japanese defenders, who dealt the retreating Chinese a heavy blow. within. an tarea extending from Tali, south to Kuotsun. Chinese casualties in the engagement totalled 600.—Domel,
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