(Continued from page 5) and Hungshanchai in rapid success sion.
Another column captured Sinchiao on the south bank of Lake Si, west of Hankow, at 1 o'clock on Tuesday afternoon and was pushing onward, according to a message from Chu-chia wan.
Siaokan, strategic town on the southern section of the Peiping-I kow Railway, was completely cupied after bitter fighting, a patch from Hwangpei claimed.
About 3,000 Chinese were defeated in the fighting near Siaokan, the report said. The Japanese occupied an airdrome at the edge of the town.
The same detachment pressed on and captured Changkiangfow, southwest of Siaokan. About 2500 Chinese were slain in the fighting around Changkiangfow, the message from Hwwangpei said.
Changkiangfow was defended by Chinese troops under Gen. Sun Lien-chung that had retreated from Yun-meng, and Kwangsi units under Gen. Chi Pin-hsien that had been moving back to the west along the Pinghan Railway.
Japanese troops were engaged in mopping up stragglers in the area around Changkiangfow yesterday.
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