Japanese Army units pursuing Chinese troops retreating from Changshu in a westerly direction are advancing in a fan-like formation, a spokesman: for the Japanese Army declared yesterday afternoon.
The line, according to the spokesman, extended in the north from Kangkow, ten kilometres north-west of Changshu, to Wangkow, six kilometres north-west of Changshu, and in the south, from Hwashakiao, four kilometres south-west of Changshu, io Tsaichiapang, eight kilometres south-west of Changshu.
"In four days" the spokesman asserted, "the Japanese have smashed ihe Chinese defences from Soochow io Fushan, which, according to the Chinese, could be held for a full six months
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