CHINESE FLANK TURNED.
DEFENCES IN HOPEI CRUMBLE.
THROWN INTO CONFUSION BY JAP. ADVANCE.
(Received 1 p.m.)
LONDON, October 10
"The Times" Tokyo representative says the Japanese turned the flank of the last Chinese defences in Hopei and entered Shihchiachwang. Japanese engineers in bright moonlight threw bridges to sandbanks on Huto River at Kuosuchen, twelve miles north of Pingshang. Troops waited on sandbanks until dawn and then forded the remainder of the river, covered by a heavy barrage. The Chinese were thrown into confusion by the appearance of the Japanese behind their flank and stampeded towards Taiyuan railway. The Japanese advanced rapidly and captured the Chinese positions to the rear of Pingshang. Other Japanese lateT captured Shihchiachwang despite desperate Chinese resistance.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue 241, 11 October 1937, Page 7
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