PUSH ON HENGYANG
NEW ADVANCE BY ENEMY Bee. 11 a.m. CHUNGKING, June 25. Severe fighting is going on in the outer defences of Hengyang, says a Chinese communique. The Japanese took Leichishih and Wuchi and crossed the Mi River. They attacked areas about six miles north-east and nine miles east of Hengyang. One enemy detachment has crossed the Lai River and is driving westward to attack an area about four miles east of Hengyang. The Japanese have captured Pingsiang, about 100 miles north-east of Hengyang, and are also attacking in the vicinity of Siangsiang, 60 miles north of the city.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXVII, Issue 149, 26 June 1944, Page 3
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