SIBERIAN FRONT
JAPS ABOUT TO ATTACK?
CHINESE DETECT SIGNS
IBy TelegfJil>h-"-Press Association— Copyright.)J Kec. nOOn. CHUNGKING, July 1. The Japanese are rushing troops to Manchuria, and it is as plain as day that the enemy Is preparing to attack in Siberia, declared'the Chinese army newspaper "Takung Pao." The newspaper added that three army commanders had recently been transferred from this Pacific to Siberia. "Takung Pao" coupled the special Japanese military conference now sitting in Korea with the preparations in Manchuria. The Associated Press said that the Chinese Press was unanimously rejoicing over, the new American drive in the South-west Pacific and Mr. Churchill's declaration that Japan must submit or bite the dust. Japanese reinforcements have succeeded in making contact with the besieged garrison Owchinkow, despite Chinese resistance. Severe fighting rages on the outskirts of the town. A Chinese army spokesman said that the Japanese had. lost 55,870 men in the Upper Yangtze fighting near Hangchow, about 100 miles south-east. of Shanghai. He said that Chinese guerrillas had captured Tama, about 20 miles north-east of Hangchow.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXVI, Issue 3, 3 July 1943, Page 5
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