NANKOW PASS STRUGGLE.
FORCES HURLED INTO GREAT BATTLE. JAPANESE CLAIM MENACE JS AVERTED. (Received 1.30 p.m.) SHANGHAI, August 23. K«1 J T an^ <! ?N ° o H China are hurling their forces in to a great battle for Nankow Pass, Chinese possession of which cuts off Japanese troops at Peking from their, Manchukuo Army. The sound of heavy gunfire was heard this morning at of /k ng r^ m C tW ° frOntS i, Thi " indic *tes that the resistance or the Chinese is unexpectedly stiff. Liu ; a eP ° r . ted P l eße, T °/ . irre S ulars Wby the notorious Liu Mvei-tang is confirmed. It is uncertain which side they are hTZZ tm & teSt re P° r > l howev «, state that fighting occurred between the Japanese and the irregulars southward of Peking. The Times" Tokyo correspondent states that Japanese troops operations along the Suiyan railway, north-west of Peking Japan™' 'uT? Tu^ 1 menaCC from Ka, * an to *e J 8 *" e " ave 7 ted V Japanese who crossed the west o fK 1 "STu a strategic town ten miles west or Kalgan, and hold Nankow.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS19370824.2.33.2
Bibliographic details
Auckland Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue 200, 24 August 1937, Page 7
Word Count
184NANKOW PASS STRUGGLE. Auckland Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue 200, 24 August 1937, Page 7
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Auckland Star. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Acknowledgements
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Auckland Libraries.