WAR IN CHINA

Grey River Argus, 19 May 1943, Page 5

WAR IN CHINA

LAKE TUNGTING STRUGGLE Japanese Use Parachutists [Aust. & N.Z. Cable Assn.l (Rec. 11.15) CHUNGKING, May 18. The Japanese are making a desperate effort to capture strateigeal centres in the rich rice-growing area west of Lake Tungting, using parachutists who are endeavouring to cut communications and cause confusion in the Chinese rear. Most of the parachutists were wiped out, and the remainder are being rounded up. ±ne Chinese drive against_ Ichang, which is the westernmost point ot the Japanese penetration, is also making progress. New Drive to Shantung JAPANESE USE 30,000 MEN. (Rec. 11.15) CHUNGKING, May ±8 The Japanese are employing thirty thousand men in a new drive to southern Shantung, reported to be a reprisal for Chinese assaults in that area in the middle of April. A Chinese communique reports sanguinary, fighting north of Lihsien on the outskirts of Tsingshih. but Chinese are holdmg their, ground.