Chinese resistance along the Southern foothills of the—Lushan Mountains collapsed early yesterday: morning, precipitating a disorderly retreat "by five Chinese divisions, field dispatches from Domei correspondents with the Japanese forces on this front reported.
Under murky, rain-laden skies, thousands of Chinese soldiers aban-their mountain defences to flee southwards towards Tehan, halfway between Kiullang and Nanchang. Highways, country roads and obscure mountain paths were being used by the Chinese in their fight before a Feleniless pursuit by the Japanese frees.
Planes Assist roo 'A squadron of the Japanese naval alr force was active over the Yangtze and in South China on Friday during inclement weather, bombing Chinese positions and concentrations of troops and assisting in. operations of land torees and worships, according to a communique released by Japanese Fleet authorities at noon yesterday.
Heavy damage was done to Chinese} positions, the communique claimed, As on the previous day the naval aiders "heavily bombed the Pitsunchv: ang iron bridge along the Canton-_ Hankow Railwas At Wuchow in Kwangsi province the planes damaged a cartridge manufacturing plant, godowns and a sulshune eid factory, the statement tary barracks adjacent to the aerodrome were said to have been blown Up.
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