Japanese Attack On Four Fronts
OFFENSIVE IN CHINA SHANGHAI, May 13. The Japanese have launched their May offensive on four fronts in China. They are attempting to encircle 300,000 Chinese troops between Ichang and Hankow, and operations have been started against ten Chinese divisions in Chekiang province. A fourth front has developed in South China with fighting along the Tungkiang river, in Kwangtung province. A gun battle developed in Shanghai to-day when international police halted a motor-car containing Madame Ho Sze-tao, wife of the police chief of the Japanese-sponsored administration, at the barricades in Bubbling Well road, which divide the International Settlement from the badlands area. American marines were called out from their barracks. One person was killed and nine wounded, including Madame Ho ,and her two bodyguards.
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Manawatu Times, Volume 66, Issue 114, 15 May 1941, Page 2
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