Chungking, Dee. 27.
Japanese attempt to reach the French Indo-China border Occupying Lungchow and Chengnankwan has ended in disaster, to Chinese reports received here. These claim that, in @ big battle in the vicinity of Yashuitang, on the highway to the Indo-China border south of Lungchow, the Chinese after 24 hours' desperate fighting, have driven the ese back. The Japanese are reported to have lost over 1,000 ad-and many more wounded.
The same despatches reveal that infantry, artillery and cavalry units moved south-west-Nanning over a week ago along a highway in the direction of Chengnankwan, via the towns of Suilu, Szeloh and Minkiang. p the Chinese ọn December 21, they declare, Japanese troops at Taching-shan rushed reinforcements to the town, but the detachments were ambushed by the Chinese.
The Japanese, supported by artillery and gircreft are said to have launched a counter-attack on Decem-94, Cui ore vod to have been In Kwengtung, Japanese forces north of Canton are reported to be pox northward in three columns One northward counter-offensive.
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