A detachment of Japanese infantry reached the outskirts of Yochow, the strategic railway town in North Hunan at the mouth of Tungting Lake, early yesterday morning and was preparing for an immediate assault on the walls, according to a Domei dispatch from the front.
Occupation of the city was expe ed in a few hours, the message said Japanese troops marched all night in pursuit of the Chinese falling back on Yochow.
Another Japanese column was eight kilometres south of Tungcheng at 8 o'clock on Thursday morning after mopping-up operations in the area around the Hupeh town, which was captured on Wednesday One detachment driving southward along the railway completely occupied Yunki, north-east of Yochow, on Wednesday, according to a field di patch relayed by military authorities in Tokyo Japanese troops were pushing rapidly southward from Tungchens, the pilot of a scouting plane reported.
Nanyow, 16 kilometres south-of Hengshan in eastern Hun raided twice by Japanese bombers on Tuesday, according to a Domei report from an undisclosed army air base.
Seven squadrons of army bombers flying in two formations heavily damaged military establishments in the town, the report said,
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