The Archive · 1938

Anhwei Town Falls

Wahu, May 3.

Pushing rapidly through central Anhwei, Japanese troops advancing, westward from the Yangtze on Satur-Say night occupied the important walled town of Chachslen, tt was at nounced here yesterday.

"The town lies on the western bank of Lake Chao, about 62 kins, south: fast of Hotel, the most important Chinese military "base In Anhwei.

'Since their occupation of Hohsien, on April 24, the Totokl, Okayama, Shibuta and' Koga detachments had covered about 88 kins. and occupied the walled town of Hanshan—Domel.

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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