ADVANCE OF CHINESE

Evening Post, Volume CXXXIX, Issue 122, 25 May 1945, Page 5

ADVANCE OF CHINESE

CHUNGKING, May 23. Chinese troops advanced five miles in Hunan Province and reached a point within 20 miles of Paoking. Other Chinese troops in Kwangsi Province reached Hwaiyuanchen, 45 miles north-west of Liuchow. Reports from Hunan say that the Japanese are seriously weakened by the loss of 17,000 troops during the drive towards Chih-kiang from March 9 to April 9. Rec. 12.15 p.m. CHUNGKING, May 24. The Chinese have routed the Japanese from positions 19 miles west of Paoching and are continuing to advance on the city, says the Chinese High Command. Major fighting is occurring in the vicinity of Taohwaping on the Shaoyang-Chihkiang highway, 25 miles west of Shaoyang, which has been in Chinese hands for over a week. The Japanese in Kwangsi Province are continuing to withdraw towards Ishan. , , Bombers and fighters of the American 14th Air Force destroyed 16 and damaged five spans of a bridge over the Yellow River and killed hundreds of enemy troops during sweep|, ovei Japanese-operated railroads<,, ■„»«;:£ Americans 'lost no planes, indicating a lack of Japanese aerial resistance in , China. ■ ■■ ■. .