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Over the Wire

Chinese Battle Japs

CHUNGKING -- Outnumbered Chinese troops fought stoutly today against two Japanese forces totalling 28,000 men which sought to drive them westward from Lake Tungting in the middle Yangtze area and street fighting was reported in several small towns and villages.

A Chinese communique admitted that the enemy forces had taken Chiangkou, northeast of the lake, and Kungan, in the same area.

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