RAPID WITHDRAWAL
JAPANESE IN CHINA Rec. 1 p.m. CHUNGKING, June 21. The Chinese, driving towards Hangrchow Bay, crossed the Wu River and advanced 31 miles Jbeyond Wenchow i against fitful resistance from the rapidly withdrawing enemy, says- the j United Press correspondent. With the exception of a half-hearted and futile attempt to check the Chinese coastal drive with . a seaborne relief force shortly after the fall of Foochow in May, the Japanese have ■ made no apparent move to reduce the threat to their Hangchow Bay front through which is funnelled much vital material. The Japanese coastal garrisons continue to-withdraw towards the tough defensive system around Ningpo. It now appears that the entire constline below that point, except the heavily-fortified Canton-Hong Kong area, may be abandoned. A Chinese communique announces that the Chinese are fighting in the suburbs of Liuchow.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXIX, Issue 146, 22 June 1945, Page 6
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