bum he westward drive of the Chungking, Feb. 24.
halted or nob cit YM ese, dram. def been. tained from Chinese, field despatches from south Kwangsi; according to a here.
"One Chinese feld despatch states: "A Japanese detachment comprising infantry and. cavalry units reached a point west of Funan, south-west of ug on the afternoon of: February 22, Chinese forces launched a counter-attack on the following day end pushed the Japanese back towards Nanning." a Another despatch, however, says:
forces are preparing to uke a counter-attack against a Japanese detachment which reached a point west of a Point, west of Funan on the night Both despatches state that the total strength. of: the Japanese west of Nanning, is approximately 2,000 men.
Unless this number is heavily re-infareed, the statements conclude, it would not be strong enough tp make Reuter. any further serious thrust west—
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