IMPORTANT BATTLE
CHINESE FORCES SPLIT
LONDON, May 15,
According to a Router message, the Chinese military spokesman said that the big battle raging now in China will have an important effect on the Chinese-Japanese war. The Japanese have thrown in strong forces in an attempt; to mop up the Chinese troops in the mountains dominating the Yellow River, and have cut the Chinese forces into two groups. The western group was being hard pressed, but the eastern group was holding its. position in the mountains. There were no signs yet that the Japanese had crossed the Yellow River.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXI, Issue 114, 16 May 1941, Page 8
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98IMPORTANT BATTLE Evening Post, Volume CXXXI, Issue 114, 16 May 1941, Page 8
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