80,000 Japs. Fight In China’s “Rice Bowl”
(11.30 a.m.) CHUNGKING, Nov. 19. Japanese forces in China’s central “rice bowl" between the Yangtse River and Tungting Lake have increased from 60,000 to 80,000, enabling the Japanese to cross the Li River in considerable strength, stated an army spokesman, Major-General Theng. He confirmed the loss of Lihsien, which was formerly called Licho.w, in Hunan province. A Japanese westward thrust through the hills was checked after it reached Yuyangktang, 40 miles south-west of Ichang. This drive appeared to be directed against Changteh. In western Yunnan, the Chinese recaptured all ferry crossings in a 40mile section of the Salween' River, north of the Burma Road. Deeper Penetration Another message says that penetrating deeper into Hunan province the Japanese have forced crossings of the Li River, west of Lake Tungting, and have pushed 30 miles, west of Changteh! 1 In the western Yunnan, near the Burma border, Chinese forces smashed an enemy atteftipt to cross the Salween. . Well over half the enemy forces were drowned, while the remnants are in flight*
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Northern Advocate, 20 November 1943, Page 3
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