Tokyo, Aug. 23. Hemmed in between two advancing Japanese columns, Chinese forces are facing annihilation, reports received reliable military quarters here to-lay revealed.
The dispatches added that Kalgan. capital of Charhar has fallen into the hands of the Japanese. This followed the capture of Wanchuan, approximately eight kilometres west of Kalgan, the report said—Domei Tokyo, Aug. 23, Continuing their drive south, across the Great Wall, Japanese troops yesterday morning captured Wuchuan. eight kilometers west of Kalgan. the War Office announced to-day.
Unable to withstand the Japanese onslaught, the Chinese troops are drawing to Tatung, Shansi, and along the Peiping-Suiyuan Railway.—Domei Change of Tactics Nanking, Aug. 23.
Military "observers claim to have seen indications of a change of tactics on the part of the Japanese Kwantung Army in their attack on points near Kalgan two days ago. The change, it is believed, brought about by the failure of the Japanese forces to storm the Nankow Pass, Nanking Road after the bomb hit the Sincere and Wing On stores, causing nearly 200 deaths and 500 injured. Rescue workers are seen on the job gateway to Charhar and Suiyuan north of Peiping, last week, is aimed at forcing the Chinese rear along the railway.—Central News,
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