RAILWAY DISRUPTED.
JAPANESE CLAIM. Received March /29, 12 noon. TO Kit). March 28. The Japanese claim to have disrupted the vital railway from Wanoliwang to Tsengkiacbang, cutting off General Kuehutiing’s 18 Chinese divisions and paralysing the central Chinese communications from Siaoshan to Chuchow for 620 miles. Two office re and one member of the crew of the British ireighter Nailseamoor have been arrested at Formosa for allegedly photographing a fortified zone. CHINESE CLAIM. Received March 29. 10.5 a.m. SHANGHAI, March 28. The Chinese do not admit that Nanchang has been occupied. They claim that bitter street fighting continues.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LIX, Issue 101, 29 March 1939, Page 9
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98RAILWAY DISRUPTED. Manawatu Standard, Volume LIX, Issue 101, 29 March 1939, Page 9
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