Yuncheng. June 17.
Severe fighting was going on in the foothills of the Chungtiao Mountain im southern Shansi following the capture by the Japanese of Tankow, 12'kilometres south-east of Siahsien, and Hwoyuan, 11 kilometres south of Siahsien, according to delayed field dispatches received here, Tankow was being used as the headquarters of the 104th Division. Two Japanese detachments launched attacks on about 1,000 stragglers the 17th and 78th Divisions offering desperate resistance in the mountains, Troops of another unit captured Major Sin Wan, chief staff officer; Major Wen Yin-in and Major Li Mu: yn, adjutants of the 46th Brigade, and Goi. Cheng Pei-chi.
The four officers had been hiding at the edge of the Yellow River for day, They were reported to have lett their troops before the mopping-operations of the Japanese forces started on June 6.—Domel.
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