CHINESE SLOWLY RETIRING.
HAMPERED BY LACK OF HEAVY GUNS. EXTENSIVELY MINED TERRAIN. Received This Day, 10.30 a.m.) SHANGHAI, Feb. 21. The Chinese are retiring slowly, occasionally halting and returning the enemy’s fire; but the Chinese lack of heavy guns is obvious. It is authoritatively stated that 80,000 Chinese troops are massed behind the main defences extending from Chapei northwards. It is reported that the whole terrain immediately in front of the entrenchments is heavily mined. The main forces of the Chinese has not yet been in a,ction.
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Horowhenua Chronicle, 22 February 1932, Page 5
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87CHINESE SLOWLY RETIRING. Horowhenua Chronicle, 22 February 1932, Page 5
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