A Chungking report published by the "China Evening News" last night indicated that Chinese troops and guerillas on the eastern front in the Chekiang-Kiangsu areas have received counter offensive orders commencing on Monday. It is claimed that Chapoo, a Chekiang coastal district where Japanese landed more than two years ago to encircle Shanghai, has been retaken together with another district nearby, The report further states that Pinghu and Kashing are being surrounded fy Chinese forces and that front,. The situation on the Nanning front was said to be critical.—Domei.
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