Chinese Grimly Hanging On
(Received 10 a.m.) SHANGHAI, July 27. The Chinese claim that only part of the town of Kiukiang has fallen, and that they are grimly holding on to the remainder in the hope that reinforcements, which are being rushed up, will stem the Japanese advance. Great fires raged in the city all night. The Japanese forces have split into two columns, one advancing to Hankow, up the Yangtse Valley, and the other opening up a line of attack in the south along the railway from Kiukiang to Nanchang. After withdrawing in a south-west-erly direction from Kiukiang, the main Chinese body has established a new defence line, and claim still to be engaging the Japanese in rearguard action, inflicting heavy casualties. No extensive damage has been done to foreign property in Kiukiang.
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Northern Advocate, 28 July 1938, Page 7
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