FAR EAST WAR
JAPANESE DRIVE
CHUNGKING, November 18. Penetrating deeper into the Hunan Province, the Japanese have forced crossings of the Li River west o Lake Tungting, and pusned 30 miles west of Changteh. In Western Yun - nan, near the Burma border, Chinese forces have smashed an enemy attempt to cross the Salween River. Well over half the enemy force was drowned and the remnants are in flight. ENEMY REINFORCED. (Rec. 10.25) CHUNGKING, Nov. 19 Japanese forces in China s central rice bowl between the Yangtse River and Tungting Lake, have increased from 60,000 to 80,000, enabling the Japanese to cross the Li River m considerable strength, stated an At my spokesman, Major General Theng. He confirmed the loss of Lihsien, which was formerly called Lichow, m the Sunan province. A Japanese westward thrust through the hil Iswas checked after it reached Yuyanktang, 40 miles south-west ol Ichang. This drive appeared directed against Changteh. In Western Yunan, the Chinese recaptured all the leiij crossings in the 40-mile section of the Salween River north ol the Burma Road.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 20 November 1943, Page 5
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