Chinese "bandit troops" have been driven off Yengchung Island on the Yangtze River between Chinkiang and Kiangyin, local Japanese newspapers reported yesterday.
Six Japanese detachments completed mopping-up operations Thu day, the Japanese press here stated. The Chinese troops belonged to the that Kiangnan Volunteer Corps of the newly-organized National anà Revolutionary Fourth Army which had been plundering in the area on Yang-chung Island end in Kowanchen.
Following up the drive, four Japanese detachments landed at a point south of Kowanchen at dawn on Monday to conquer Kowanchen, the base of the Shantung, Kiangsu and Anhwei Guerilla Corps. Baeircling the Chinese troops, the Japanese forces captured their objective after crushing more than 700 Chinese troops—Domei.
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