BIG BATTLE LOOMS IN NORTH CHINA
(10 a.m.) SHANGHAI, June 3. A large scale battle involving 300,000 men is imminent in the southern sector of the Tientsin-Pukow railway where both the Nationalists and Communists are pouring forces into North Iviangsu and the Shantung border area. The Communists have concentrated 150,000 troops north-west from the strategic Nationalist base of Hsuchow at the junction of the Lunghai and Tient-sin-Pukow line in North Kiangsu. Tlie Government is rushing crack mechanised arid infantry forces to the area.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 22655, 4 June 1948, Page 5
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83BIG BATTLE LOOMS IN NORTH CHINA Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 22655, 4 June 1948, Page 5
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