ONTINUING their swift adv: had carried the fight to the ance, Japanese units yesterday Soochow area, as their columns advanced up the Kashing-Soochow highway.
Intense activity was reported from Changshu, between Wusih and the Yangtze, where a terrific artillery barrage was started yesterday morning, and where several columns have been converging on the important defence position, A general flight of civilians up the roads towards Nanking, from Soochow, hordes streaming was yesterday noted. Among these were foreign missionaries and doctors, who reported pitiful scenes along the highways.
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