Wuyuan, Feb. 12.
Harassed for days by victorious Japanese detachments which captured this strategic town after lightning advance over the plains or western Suiyuan, Chinese stragglers were facing "annihilation" in the sector west of Shanpa, Japanese commanders here claimed today.
One Japanese detachment was said to have virtually wiped out remnants of the 101st Division under Gen. Tung Chi-wu, Defeated Chinese units were scattered in disorder over a wide area in the northwest, according to field dispatches. With the exception of remnants which fied into Ninghsia Province most of them were wandering about aimlessly seeking an escape route along the Wuchia River, west of Shanpa—Domei.
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