Japanese Retreat Reported
(Received 12.30 p.m.) CHUNGKING, April 26. On the Kiangsi front, after 24 hours’ severe fighting, the Chinese captured Tacheng. The Japanese are retreating northwards to Sensin. Tfie Chinese for two hours heavily bombed and machine-gunned Japanese troop concentrations and supplies at the Yangtse port of Liuling. A battle is waging for possession of Sunwui, north-west of Canton.
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Northern Advocate, 27 April 1939, Page 7
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