Chungking, Mar. 19, Over 20,000 Japanese' troops are participating in the attacks around Ichang, according to Chinese reports from Patung. the Yangtze port above ichang, in the gorges, The report states that fighting on the south bank of the river has been going on since March 6, but the Chinese have now recovered the positions held before the Japanese on-slaugh, driving the invaders back a distance of some 30 kilometres, the extent to which they had penetrated Chinese territory, Some fighting is also reported near Yoyang, the lake-side town north of Changsha, where Chinese forces, having recaptured Tungeheng, have crossed the Sinhsiang River and are advancing towards Yoyang, Fighting is taking place at present near Tangchiapai,—Reuter, *U.S. Committed
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