WAR IN CHINA

Grey River Argus, 6 April 1943, Page 5

WAR IN CHINA

Japs Blitz a Town [Aust. & N.Z. Cable Assn.] CHUNGKING, April 4. The Japanese have intensified their bombing of Kishui. The , business area is reported to have been razed and 10,000 rendered homeless. The Associated Press says; This is an indication of the Japanese fear that Kishui might become a base for the bombing of Japan. The Americans have established a forward air base in the Kiangsi Province, v - which is only 900 miles from Osaka, the big Japanese naval base. Flying Fortresses and Liberators could easily make the round flight from Kiangs) to Osaka. To-day’s Chinese communique reports that fighting has again flared up in the Ichang sector. The Chinese have re-etaken Chuchiachuan village, killing 100 of the enemy.