Hankow, Sept. 8.
Although the Japanese claim the capture of Kushib, Chinese sources here are not unduly perturbed by the situation east of the Peiping-Hankow Railway, where they assert that strong Chinese forces are massed in the Tapei Mountains. The men are said to be under the command of one of China's ablest strategists.
Chinese dispatches state that Kwangtsi was levelled to the ground jas a result of Japanese pombing, which included not only the city but all villages within 20 miles to the west.—Reuter.
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