Chungking, Apr. 8 Chinese forees are closing in on Nanning, strategic town in south Kwangsi, according to Chinese field ispatehes reaching here today.
Chinese troops concentrated east of the Nanining-Pingyang highway, northeast of Nanning, and east of the Nan-lining-Yamehow highway, south of the town, are said to be advancing on Nanning from the north and south in several columns.
Columns pushing westward, along the north and south banks of the Vu River, are reported to be making especially good progress. Their van~ guard, it Is stated, reached a point east of Nanning on the night of April 6.
One column, the dispatches add, has actually crossed the highway south of Nanning, effecting a junction with Chinese forces operating west of the town—Reuter.
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