Successes of Chinese troops operating in the Lotien area were reported by a Chinese military spokesman at a press conference yesterday afternoon. To the north-west of Lotien, the Chinese had captured Yaoche while to the south of Lotien, the Chinese had pushed forward from Chin-chia che to Nantangkou and Siaosootang, he said.
A Japanese force, numbering about surrounded in Yaoche according to the spokesman. With the exception of one man who was captured alive, the rest were all killed in fighting, he sai Chinese positions running along Yumeiche, Suchenche, Changchiache and Chintsun, south-east of Lotien, were the object of a strong Japanese attack on Wednesday, the spokesman said. The village Chintsun was heavily shelled by the enemy with the result that the trenches were destroyed.
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