STEADY PROGRESS
ADVANCE BY JAPANESE. STRATEGIC GAINS. TO BLOCK CHINESE RETREAT. (United Press Electric Telegraph—Copyright.) Received December 9, 10.5 a.m.' ' TOKIO, Dec. 8. The Japanese, for the first time in the campaign, have crossed the north bank of the Yangtse River and seized Tsing-kiang opposite the Chinese forts at Kiangtin. They are apparently trying to cut off the retreat of the Chinese fleeing to Nanking. The Japanese are now only fifteen miles from Wuhu. They have also occupied Ching-kiang, which the Chinese had burned down.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVIII, Issue 10, 9 December 1937, Page 11
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