Chungking, Feb. 17, The safe arrival of a Chinese do-tachment under the "command of General Shih Vu san, newly-appointed Governor of Charhar, in Charhar province is reported in a Chinese military dispatch reaching here. The dispatch, which is signed by General Shih himself, states:—
Reds touted Shihchiachwang, Feb. 18.
a clash with 1,500 troops of the Bighth Route Army' at Lichiachwang, north-west of. Kihsien' in. central Hopei, two Japanese detachments routed the Chinese, Killed 120 and took 22 prisoners. according to a field dispatch reaching' here today.—Domel, Japanese Garrisons in Yangtze Valley Nanking, Feb_ 15.
Japanese forees stationed in Kiang. sul and Anhwei provinees engaged in several' operations against Chinese weep. remnants last week, reports y_revoaied Along the Tientsin-Pukow Railway, two detachments last Saturday sue: cessfully brought to a close a drive "My troops were ordered to move from Shantung province into Charhar vir Hopel, We had engagements with the Japanese troops almost every day fon the way, but the speedy progress of our march surprised the Japanese.
"We in {coal-mining town near Peiping). Our vanguards have already crossed the Charhar border. We look forward to the carly recovery of the lost territories."—Reuter, Troops Bombed Peiping, Feb. 17.
About 2,000 Chinese troops operat ing at Kwantao, on the Hopei-Shantung border, suffered heavy losses when they were bombed and machinegunned by a Japanese Army. air squadron which raided the border
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