FIGHTING STARTS.
NORTHERN CHINA.
Japanese-Controlled Troops Repulsed. EVENTS * INTERPRETED. United Press Association.—Copyright. (Received 11.30 a.m.) SHANGHAI, November 16. Fighting is reported to have broken out in the Suiyuan Province, Inner Mongolia. Three thousand Chahar cavalry, supported by infantry and artillery, attacked the Chinese entrenched north-east of Taolin. Eight Japanese aeroplanes dropped bombs, some of which are alleged to have been gas bombs, on the Chinese, who repulsed six assaults. The attackers withdrew in a snowstorm. Amid severe snowstorms the Jap-anese-controlled Ma nchukuo-Mongol forces launched a fresh attack against the Chinese in Suiyan later but, despite the assistance of 'planes, were again driven off. The attackers withdrew into Chahar, but renewed fighting is anticipated. Chinese political circles interpret events as an attempt to carve another slice from Chinese territory in pursuance of Japan's plan to create a buffer zone on the northern frontier against the Soviet.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 273, 17 November 1936, Page 7
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