NORTH FROM NANKING
Japanese Launch New Drive THREE COLUMNS ADVANCE (Received December 17, 1.15 a.m.) Hangchow, December 16. Confounding the predictions of foreign observers, the Japanese have begun a new drive north from Nanking. They are proceeding along three routes with the object of joining up with the Japanese forces in North China, who at present are on the north bank of the Yellow River.
The main column, advancing from Pukow along the Tientsin-Pukow railway, is heading for Chuchow. The right column is pushing north along the Grand Canal. The left column is pressing on from Hohsien.
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Dominion, Volume 31, Issue 71, 17 December 1937, Page 7
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