Canton, May 21. 'AVING attained their objectives, Japanese forces which encircled and wiped out Chinese troops at Waichow, on the East River in Kwangtung Province, on May 12, have withdrawn and moved to a undisclosed sector, it was announced by the High Command of the Japanese Expeditionary Forces to South China.
Japanese operations in the Wal-chow region were undertaken in order 40 shatter Chinese attempts recapture the Hongkong-Shaokwan arms supply route, the communique pointed out, With*the crushing of the Chungking 160th Division and the Ninth Brigade, Japanese torees completed
said, operations, the announcement Tt! was added that the "Japanese forces are fully prepared and firmly. determined to impede any other allempts even more effectively should Chungking make'a move In this
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