Chungking, July 19, "A handful of Japanese remnants, Including several high commanding 'oMcors, are at present holding out Inside' the barricaded Yingchow Hotel, within the walled elly of Chaochow, terminus of the Swatow-Chaochow' Railway." states a Chinese dispatch received here today.
"Meanwhile," it continues, "Japan ease troops who had been driven Out of Chaochow are holding on to positions in the vicinity of Kingshan and Lushan, south of Chaochow."
Japanese planes, according the Chinese dispatch, have been sent from Swatow {0 support the Japanese troops "surrounded in the Chaochow area," where fighting is said to be still in progress, Six Japanese warships are said to have appeared at Swabue yesterday morning, while eight" aero~ planes "reconnoitred above the town, Mpossibly with the intention effecting a landing."—Reuter.
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