Shanghai, Mar, 10.
AS suddenly as they carried out their successful mass landings along a 400-kilometre strip of the southern Kwangtung province shore last Monday morning, Japanese forces evacuated from several of the seized points today, the press bureau of the Japanese Expeditionary Forces to South China announced at 11 o'clock this morning, "A. spokesman of the Japanese 'A spokesman for the South China forees stated What the withdrawal Army, after pointing out the cliff was being carried out as the objec culty" in such "vast tive of destroying the Chungking Quantities of booty within six days regime's bases in that area had been ater 9 landing, declared "that the accomplished. fuceessful removal of the' seized Ready to Repeat Attack Goods showed the extent of the fateful Japanese preparations, As the stationing of troops The. speedy achievement of the Youngkong, Tinpak, Shultung, Lal-Japanese plans "demonstrates how ighow, Pakho! and their vicinity was he operations were carried out found unnecessary, our forces. have promptly and in an orderly manner," been quietly evacuated," the spokes: he spokesman said, adding that tie man said. He added that the Japan: evacuation" was carried out "not ese forces were being concentrated without any Interference from the undisclosed point where the; Chinese, but without even hearing would be in a position to "repen 2 single shot." this-type of operation whenever the The spokesman admonished Chung~ occasion. arises" The official ecmking against "resorting to its habitual munique reed. and favourite campaign of lies by "Japanese forces which evacuated claiming that the Japanese troops various "points in South China had been driven out" as "such es afler achieving startling results will have an adverse effect by fur-are quietly concentrating at 9 ther diminishing the world's con-Certain point. "According to enol dence in Chungking's propaganda observation carried out this morning, which cannot refute the unshakeable the enemy Is still remaining far to truth that the Japanese operations the north without a single ener have been crowned with success."—soldier discernable along the coast."
Dome, The spokesman recalled that landings were effected along the Kwang-Kunming Outskiris Bombed tung coast from Kwonghol, 70 kilo At a Japanese Naval metres west of the Portuguese colony 'Air Base Mar. 10. fof Macao, to Pakhoi to out off various 'Japanese naval aircraft yesterday Chungking trade routes—Domelsubjected warehouses in the outskirts of Kunming, capital of Yun-'Operations Along Yangtze nan Province, to a' several bombard-At a Japanese Naval Base, Mar. ment, the Press bureau of the]
Extensive operations along" the Japanese South China Fleet Yangtze River against Chungking rem~ nounced in a communique issued nants. and" irregulars featured the Jast night, AN raiding craft re-Activities of Japanese naval units turned to their bases safely after: during the past week, according to ci ising. extensive damage," the the. weekly review. issued by the press section of the Japanese Central China Seas Fleet today.
'Japanese blue-jackets landed at! Hwangpenchen, below Anking, on Saturday' and dispersed rem~ ts of a Chungking force, They attacked and captured enemy' operation bases below Yochow, Han-Kow and Hukow restoring peace and these points, the announcement said.
Meanwhile, Japanese naval aircraft dally staged bombing raids despite adverse weather. Chungking positions in the neighbourhood of Anking and Ichang were subjected {p inten= sive bombing attacks and the enemy's field headquarters and. military establishment were destroyed, accord {ng to the announcement which added that a mine-laying base at Changte, "northern Honan province, was also talded by Japanese naval plance—
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