Chungking. Mar. 20, Abandoning much ammunitions a number of corpses stripped of t clothing, the Japanese forces withdrew to a new front on the. south bank of the Yangtze river nearer to their base ut Ichang. announced the Chinese military spokesman at today's press conference.
The three-pronged Japanese push to the west with 20,000 troops has been forced back to the "positions held on March 8 by the threat of a Chinese flanking movement.
The spokesman reported four other icive fronts in Central China, The Japanese have taken the offensive for he purpose of dispersing Chinese eon centrations at Kaoan. to the west of Nanchang. in Kiang! province, Chinese forees withdrew "in order to remain free to attack" stated the spokesman, Activity on a smelt reported" from Huns antung and three regions north of he Yellow River. The 400-kilometre coastal front In Southern Kwantung now completely free of enemy for= ces. the spokesman condded.
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