South Honan, Feb, 1.
Wilting under the tremendous pres sure exerted by a many-propped Japanese offensive on both sides of the Peiping-Hankow Railway, Chungking troops under General Tang En-belonging to the 95th, 100th, and the newly organized 1st Divisions, were fleeing in confusion toward the south bank of the Yellow River.
In the Shangtsal sector east of the railway six Japaneve detachments Pounding relentlessly against the main body of the 85 Army since Thursday afternoon, caused the enemy {0 abandon positions and flee to the north, Following closely on the capture of Paoanchen on Thursday by sie detachments, the same units pressed on without' stop to push back the Chinese 15 kilometres north of the city, to the neighbourhood of in:
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