Canton, May 21 AVING attained their objectives, Japanese forces which dncircled and wiped out Chinese troops at Waichow, on the East River in Kwangtung Province, on May 12, have withdrawn and moved to an undisclosed sector, it was announced by the High Command of the Japanese Expeditionary Forces to South China.
Japanese operations in the Wal-chow region were undertaken in order to shatter Chinese attempts to recapture the Hongkong-Shaokwan arms supply route, the communique pointed out, With the crushing of the Chungking 160th Division and the Ninth Brigade, Japanese forces completed all "operations, the announcement said.
It was added that the "Japanese forces are fully prepared and firmly determined to impede any other attempts even mote effectively should Chungking make a move in this direction."—Domei-
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