'The retreating Chinese, he said, abandoned 1,700 dead in addition to seven heavy' machine-guns, 16 light machine-guns and nine trench mortars.
An advance of four kilometres westwards was claimed by the spokesman to have been made by Japanese troops which seized Jul-chang, 40 kilometres west of Kiu-Kinng on Wednesday afternoon.
"Heavy Chinese reinforcements have arrived at the Juichang front," declares a Chinese military communi que, "thereby easing the situation there considerably.
The reported sweeping success of the Chinese on the north bank is said to have resulted in the capture fof Chienshan and Taihu yesterday, within the short space of five hours. The Chinese troops are said to have captured Chienshan at 9 am. yesterday, and then to have continued their drive and occupied Taihu at 2 pin, thereby cutting the Japanese column lon the north bank into two."
The Chinese are now said to be! pushing forward in two columns, one fof which 1s reported to be advancing, eastwards in the direction of Anking, capital of Anhwei Province, and the lather to be pressing forward towards Susung and Huangmel,
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