FAR EAST WAR
JAPS EVACUATE PINGKA
CHUNGKONG, September 24. The Japanese have evacuated Pingka 22 miles south-westwards ol Mangshih, in Yunnan. Province, says the Chinese High Command. The prime objective in the Allied drive is to join up with the forces in Burma and re-open the supply route to China.
General Stilwell's communique savs Lhal the Liberators bombed the Jaoanese-hcld part of the Burma Road near Chegang, causing landslides which closed the road in two places. On the same day bombers scored a direct hit on the Dara bridge over the Menan River, Thailand. Fighters in the Kwelin area destroyed or damaged 200 boats on the Siang River and also hit the Hengyang ierry landing and destroyed a bridge near IT
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Greymouth Evening Star, 25 September 1944, Page 5
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