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Greymouth Evening Star, 19 November 1943, Page 5

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HEAVY FIGHTING CONTINUED

(Rec. 12.30 p.m.) CHUNGKING, Nov. 18. The Chinese announced unabated fighting on the Central China front, with heavy casualties to both sides. The Chinese repulsed a Japanese counter-attack north-east of Yochow, in Hunan "Province. General Stilwell’s communique announces that Liberators and Mitchells on Tuesday sank a 7000-ton cargo vessel and two freighters at Hong Kong.

PENETRATION IN BURMA

NEW DELHI, Nov. 18

American-trained and equipped Chinese troops advancing in front of American units constructing a supply road from Assam to the Burma Road have penetrated 20 to 30 miles farther into Burma since they first moved on October 26, says a communique from General Stilwell's Headquarters. They hold the north banks of the Tarung and Chindwin rivers, have occupied several Upper Chindwin villages and have driven the Japanese out of their positions.

TYPHOON IN PHILIPPINES

NEW YORK, November 18

Manila, capital of the Philippines, has been paralysed since Monday by a typhoon, which flooded most of the city, wrecked homes, and disrupted electricity, gas, water, and telephone services. Reporting this the Manila radio says that relief camps have been established for the homeless persons. Other localities in the Philippines also are affected.