Troops Nearing Tsingyun; Chinese Claim Drive Towards Changsha Checked by Counter-pressure Canton, Nov. 23.
A/TOVING to extend their zone of occupation in Kwangtung, Japanese troops today wer re nearing Tsingyun, a strategic city on the north bank of the North River, 70 kilometres north-west of Canton.
Launching their drive from Fahsien, east of the Canton-Hankow Railway, the Japanese such fully broke through a defensive cordon of 4,000 Chinese at a pi oint eight kilometres north-west of Fahsien at 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon, field dispatches reaching here today said.
In this bitter engagement, w] several hours, the Chinese lost 60 of arms which were left strewn hich was reported to have lasted 0 dead as well as large quantities about on the field of battle, the dispatches said.—Domei.
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