Chungking, Sept, 25. Chinese forces "in Southwestern Kwangsi have launch-attack on the rear of Japanese forces attacking Indo-China, states an unconfirmed report.—Reuter. broken by the initiative of the south' China command of the Japanese Army."
"Indo-China remains decided to oppose by force all attacks by the Japanese south China army on northern borders of this country,' official communique declared.
The announcement stated, however, that Indo-China was still prepared to carry out the terms of the Hanoi Agreement signed last Sunday under which a limited number of Japanese troops was authorized to enter Indo China via Haiphong.
Tokyo Assurances Simultaneously, French ofticiats disclosed that they had received assur-tanees from Tokyo declaring that the Japanese Army in south China was being ordered to suspend ite atta against Indo-China. The breakdown In communications between Hanoi and Langson, however, made it impossible to learn here today whet the Japanese attacking from the north had' suspended their attack Latest reports from the Ally mie fighting front before the disruption of communications described bitter ting in the Langson sector where the militant Japanese south China lanny wna attempting to. gain cootrel of several strategic highways.
Oficial reports said that Japanese forces yesterday intensified their tacks, pushing toward vital highway communications on each side of Langson.
Although facing French artilters batteries and other fortified positions, the Japanese managed in some sectors to slip through the French lines under cover of darkness and advance "certain distances," official French reports said.
The Japanese were reported to ha reached the town of Kho on the Langson-Caobank highway and also were reported in the Locbinh sector along the Langson-Monkay highway. day, according to French reports.
Unconfirmed reports reaching here said the French had captured 200 Japanese soldiers during the Monday attack on Langson. The oficial French casually list thus far totals only twenty men, although one hospital train reaching here Monday ight carried over 100 wounded.
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