Japanese Army forces, deployed over a 240-kilometre trenton the Tower Yangtze Delta, yesterday were reforming their lines preparatory Taunching "a new attack, a Japanese military spokesman announced. yesterday morning.
The rapid advance of the last few days, during which front line units outdistanced their supply details, had forced a slowing down of the march fon Nanking, he said.
Rainy weather, with resultant bad roads. he-admitted, had slowed down. supply columns, necessitating at one time the dropping of supplies and ammunition from the air.
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