Hankow Railway South of Wuchang, Oct. 30.
Facing increasing pressure from Japanese pursuit columns striking north and south along the Canton-Hankow Railway, masses of dis organized Chinese troops falling back from the Wuhan elfes today were trying desperately to slip through the lines being tightened around their avenues of retreat, according to field reports reaching Domei "correspondents at Hoshengchia.
Harrled by almost continuous shell fire from Japanese batteries which found the range of the retreat route 'soon after the evacuation of Hankow began, the Chinese have had no By routing a strong Chinese force estimated. to be about 7,000. strong. Japanese units which entered Wie hang completed occupation of the city On October 26. The final stand of the Chinese was made by the 32nd, 44th, 49th, S6th, S7th, 82nd, 103rd, math and 190th divisions, the reports claimed. Five hundred "and. twenty-Six prlzoners, including six offices were taken while approximately 1,700 Chinese dead "were toft abandoned. Japanese losses" during the engage: trent, the reports stated, were seven Killed and 37 wounded of whom fave were ofers, Booly taken by the Japanese forces, according to the reports, included three cannon, four heavy guns, 2,000 rounds of heavy artillery shells, four field guns, 4.004 rounds of light artillery shells, two mountains guns, six hhighangle "guns "of 13. centimetre calibre, 120 rounds of high-angle gun shells, 20 heavy machine guns, 11 light machine guns, 2,000 rounds of light machine gun" ammunition, 20. auto atic ries, 405 ordinary' rifles and 85000 rounds of rife "ammunition.
Advance Down Ratlway Kiuklans, Oct. 30.
Front-line dispatches reaching here' today revealed that Japanese. army units Giving southwestward from Sienning on the. Canton-Hankow oilway, captured Kutangchiag, eight kilometres. from. the important all way junction, The reports added That reconnaissance planes "have obtorved Japanese units pressing southward on the heels of retreating Chin-
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