A series of victories were won by Japanese troops in southern and south-western Shansi province, field reports said today The Manjonome, Onitake and Shimidzu detachments occupied Chianghsien early this morning, the reports said.
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The Umano and Suzuki detachments reached the area west of Chianghsien this morning.
The majority of Chinese troops making efforts to cross the Yellow River south and south-west of Yuan-chu, on the Honan-Shansi border, were subjected to intensive bombing by military planes.
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