The eastern cordon was formed when three Japanese detachments made a detour through Kints: ng, vital supply base captured yesterday, to the rear st the enemy.
Simultaneously, six Japanese units closed in from the west with another four detachments advancing fanwise from the north to trap the Chungking forces.
At the western extremity, Chungking remnants were trapped 20 kilometres east of the railway when
South. from Shwangkiangkow, several, Po formations Eres kilometres south of the Mi, then süd-denly veered southwest at Shachishih.
At the same time another two Japanese detachments advancing along the east side of the Canton-Hankow Railway swung east, joining several other units which came from the western side of the railway. iccessfuily lant ing tien on the south shore of Lake Tungting yesterday afternoon in the face of stubborn Chungking resistant: to the Press Section of the Japan: Central China Seas Fleet—Domei.
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