HANKOW SAVED BY FLOODS?
Yangtse Overflows Banks JAPANESE DRIVE ARRESTED Field Operations Impossible (nITBD PRI99 A99OCIATION—COPYRIGHT (Received June 24, 12.30 a.m.) HANKOW, June 23. The Yangtse river overflowed its north and south banks in the neighbourhood of Taihu. from where the Japanese were operating in their advance to Hankow. It is felt that the pressure is now relieved as large-scale operations are impossible. The Chinese field headquarters telegraphed to Marshal Chiang Kaishek: “The countryside is seriously flooded. We hold strong hillside positions. A Japanese advance is now practically impossible.”
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Press, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22436, 24 June 1938, Page 11
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