Heavy Fighting in China
JAPANESE CAPTURE SEVERAL TOWNS Received Alonday, 9.50 p.m. CHUNGKING, Afay IIThe Associated Press correspondent reports that heavy fighting has broken out in Northern China. Ten thousand Japanese troops have begun an offensive on the Honan-Hupeh border west of the Peking-Hankow railway and brisk battles are progressing along the irregular 90-mile line. The Chinese retook one town after street fighting in which half the Japanese garrison was wiped out. Tho Chinese admitted that the Japanese hni captured several towns on the ShansiHonan border. A Tokio message says the Foreign Office organ, the Japan Times, declares that peace with China is impossible until the United States so wills. The newspaper adds Chiang Kai-shek redoubled his resistance against Japan from the moment the United States indicated that she wanted China to resist. Thu* Japan’s only possible policy is to continue to support the Nanking Government.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/MT19410513.2.45
Bibliographic details
Manawatu Times, Volume 66, Issue 112, 13 May 1941, Page 4
Word Count
146Heavy Fighting in China Manawatu Times, Volume 66, Issue 112, 13 May 1941, Page 4
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Manawatu Times. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in