ON CHINESE LINES
MANCHURIAN BATTLE
MA CHAN-SHAN RETIRING
OUTFLANKED BY TANKS
United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright, (Received 19th November, 10 a.m.)] PEKIN, 18th November. A Manchurian communique says that at 4 o'clock this morning the Japanese launched a general attack on the whole length of General Ma Chan-Shan's line. The situation is serious. The latest dispatches from the Nonni River in regard to the fighting say that the Chinese right wing was forced to retire before a flank attack by Japanese armoured cars. The Japanese crossed the Chinese East« crn Railway in pursuit of General Ma Chan-Shan's forces, who are fighting a rearguard action thirty; miles north of the railway.
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Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 122, 19 November 1931, Page 13
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110ON CHINESE LINES Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 122, 19 November 1931, Page 13
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