All Troops Reported Driven Back to Original Positions: Japanese Bombers Active Chungking, Dec. 10.
A region, where the Japanese a result of the Chinese counter-offensive in the Han River forces have been making determined attacks during the three weeks, the Japanese lines have crumbled and all their troop: have been driven back to their inal positions after suffering 20,000 casualties, declared General Ho Yin-ching, Chinese War Minister, today, In reviewing the Hupeh campaign, the War Minister stated that the Japanese forces north-west of Hankow launched an offensive on November 23 along both banks of the Han River.
"The object of the attack was frst herald Japanese recognition of the Wang Ching-wel regime, secondly to] strike at the strong Chinese army Serpe operating In north-west Hupeh preparatory to an attack on Siang yang and Fancheng, and thirdly. to yeliove Chinese pressure on the Mapaneso Mank at Tehany and Shasi, The War Minister declared that the collapse of the Japanese winter offend five in one week Is a revelation to the world of the weakness of the Japanese military machine, and the ineffectiveness of Japan's recognition of the Nanking rei General Ho Yin-ching also asserted that the cheek was bound to have far-reaching, effects on the moral of Japanese Fail at Chingh
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