The Chinese press, which reported on January 3 that Chinese forces, as a result of counter-offensive, had reached the Six Harmonica Pagoda on the north bank of the Chientang River, yesterday stated that at noon on January 3, during snowfall, the Chinese forces from Fuyang and Yuhang met each other and entered the city of Hangchow, while the Japanese forces retreated in the direction of Kungchengchiao.
Earlier messages state t since after the recapture, by Chinese troops, of Fuyang and Singteng. the Chinese forces made great progress along the Hungchow-Fuyang Highway. and were only ten kilometres from Zakow on Jan, 2. At midnight that day, the Chinese troops continued their advance and their vanguards reached Hangchow, In the meantime, another column of Chinese troops from the west, after taking Yuhang and Lingan, reached. Tsangchiengchen and Santuangshih and met the column from Fuyang.
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