GAINS IN CHINA
JAPANESE BASES TAKEN — : i l (N.Z. Press Association—Copyright) (Rec. 9.20 p.m.) LONDON. Seph - During last week, according ® cial Chinese sources, the counter offensive in the three pro of Chekiang, Kiangsi and KwWiBWDJ brought the Chinese to the outsWn» the three main Japanese stronghows.w those provinces. wir in In Kiang:i, the Chinese are back® the suburbs of Nanchang, w«“ e Kwangtung they wiped ,°m au __ Japanese gains in the spring offe from Canton. ' , , _ r L It is, in fact, only in the coastal P v’nce of Chekiang that the have been able to consolidate any p , gress made in their offensive, but hJU; too the Chinese reconquered a grea part of the territory, including the bases at Lishui and Chuhsien. •_£, They also now control the greater part of the Chekiang-Kiangsi Nevertheless, in spite of continual tacks by the Chinese, the J a P2 n « s .* httl hold the provincial capital of KU*".. and if they manage to retain their n. the value of the Chuhsien and WJ airfields will be largely neutralised.
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Press, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 23742, 14 September 1942, Page 4
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174GAINS IN CHINA Press, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 23742, 14 September 1942, Page 4
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