FIERCE FIGHTING
GUERRILLA SUCCESSES. HANKOW, March 22. Deperate fighting is proceeding on the Tientsin—Pukow railwav front with the Chinese and Japanese locked in a savage struggle for tho possession of the key town, Hsuchow. The Chinese are selling every inch of ground dearly in the defence' of Hsuehow. Their losses in a four days’ offensive are beleivcd to be 20,000 compared with 5000 Japanese. The Chinese not only report further guerrilla success in Shansi, but declare that they have pushed the Japanese back on all points along the YellowRiver. thus removing the threat of an invasion of Shansi. Chinese troops from Shansi made a surprise raid on the Tokuto trading centre in southern Suiyuan. The Chinese claim the capture of this place. The Japanese assert that the raiders were heavily repulsed.
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Kaikoura Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 24, 24 March 1938, Page 2
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