Chungking, Feb. 5.
Chinese forces in southern Kwangsi are launching counter-attacks in an effort to turn back the Japanese drive from manning, according to a despatch reçeivéd from Chinese sources here.
ah endeavour to turn the Japanese yight flank, Chinese forces southeast of Pingyang are stated to be exerting pressure'on a Japanese column which crossed the Vu River and was pushing northward from Yungshun, Chinese field despatches have claimed'that Yungshun, on the south bank of the Vu River east of Nanning, has been recaptured. Kangtang, southeast of Pingyang is also said to have been' recaptured.
'The Japanese column which reached Pingyang, is now said to have been driven back by the Chinese to a point in the vicinity of Lungyu, south of Pingyang.' Fighting is reported to be in progress along the highway between Nanning and Yamchow, where the Chinese forces claim that othe town of Lapeh on the highway has been Tecaptured.—Reuter.
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