sentences:  Its reconnaissance elements forced the Chinese to evacuate the city opening the way to the east.Later the 56th Division flanked the allied line to the east, by advancing through the mountains to the Salween River in the Karenni States.The Division defeated the Chinese 6th Corps in the Karen Hills area battles of Mawchi on 13 April 1942, Bawlake, Bato, Taunggyi and Loikaw on 20 April 1940, and forced their retreat eastward to Yunnan.