Shanghai, Aug. 29.
A new Japanese Army batta~ lion, noticeable chiefly owing to tie much younger average age of the men in it, took over guard duties in the Hungjao area yesterday. The former battalion which has een stationed in this area and has been responsible for the manning of sentry posts, subheadquarters, and so on, completed arrangements to eva-nate the area on Aug. 27 and is now believed to be waiting "somewhere near _Woosung" for a transfer to cne of the other "fronts," possibly for the advance on Hankow.
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