Their mission of destroying Chinese bases on the border of Indo-ina accomplished, Japanese forces today evacuated the towns of Chennevkwan and Lungchow in Kwangsi, the headquarters of the Japanese Ex: peditionary Force to South China Jarnounced tonight.
'Chennankwan, on the Kwangsi-Indo-[China' frontier, and Lungchow, 50 kilometres north-cast of Chennai Kwan, the communique said, were taken on Thursday evening.
"Large quantities of military supplies furnished by Indo-China 10 assist Chiang Kai-shek were seized near those two towns," the announcermient declared, The evacuation, which was described "temporary." was being carried out [because the Japanese forees of ocleupation had achieved their objective Jof destroying "various supply facilities Tu. that area."
should those two towns be restored jas supply bases by the enemy or should new supply bases be created, eclermined measures 10 destroy them cut off the supply at ils base will be taken." the communique warned—Domel, Aircraft Active Over Wide Area
their wings over Hainan Island Japanese aircraft spread addition to six Chinese provinces the three-day period of Wednesday to Friday, carrying out bombing and izound attack operations ayainst Chinese "guerillas regulars, Japanese China Seas Fleet com= munique issued yesterday afternoon Two successive bombing attacks were carried out on Thursday against Chinese irregulars showing signs of activity near Laiyang in the central part of Shantung, while thes n Central Chi heavy re inflicted "upon troop concentrations and establishments at Yacht Nanchs building used for military pur-id the aerodrome at Hong when a raid. was: against the Chinese the one the two successive attacks were ed out in the afternoon against he Chineve base at Tapaowan oon! the banks of the Han river in Hupei added.
Metreat Sald Ordered Tokyo, Dec. 23. Kai-shek ordered ders to retreat and their forces followin the pure Dec. 22. itches from m that Chinese troops Paotou, largest city, River bend west of Suiyuan, said to be xoing on present in all parts of Suis Particularly in the east, south west of the province, where Chit unite are reported tobe sections of the Peiping-ug active support to the reported Chinese offensive in the taken place yesterday between failure of the "winter offensive," ae-cording to Meld dispatches received here today.
report from Hankow claimed that Chinese troops had lost 7200 slain in operations in. the Wuhan from December 12 to 20.—Domei, Chinese Victories Denied Nanking, Dee, 23, Accusing the Chinese' command of disseminating false propaganda through foreign' news agencies, a ese army spokesman here today denied claims of Chinese victories Kiangsi, Honan and Kwangsi, Chinese Feports of the recapture of hang in Kiangsi, Kaifeng in of advances in the Nan-
Kwangsi, were com-"fabrications," the "spokesman asserted, It was true, he said, that there was small number of Chinese stragglers the Nanchang area, but Japanese positions there were so strong it was possible for the Chinese to recover he town, he claimed, Attacks on Kaifeng were quickly repulsed, the spokesman stated. Since area had been quiet, he 'As regarded the Nanning area, the best' reply to. groundless claims, the spokesman said, was the fact that japanese units counter-attacked the V75th Division and the new. 199th Division, which attempted to cut Japanese supply routes at a point berth-cast of Yamchow, and almost pihilated them near Lukuk, north= ast of Yamehow, last Friday.
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