ADVANCE OF JAPANESE
SEVERAL TOWNS OCCUPIED IMPENDING ATTACK ON SHANSI 10.P.A.-Bv Electric Teleirraph —Copvrißhtl (Received 2nd March, 10.0 a.m.) CHUNGKING. Ist March. Heavy fighting is in progress north of Kiangsu. The Japanese are advancing and have already occupied several towns. Chinese report that they cleared the Japanese from the mountains in southwestern Shansi. Guerilla bands have become increasingly active on the north bank of the Yangtse below Hankow in the Japanese rear, because of the transference of large Japanese reinforcements above Hankow preparatory to attacking Shansi. The Japanese have already overrun an extensive area beyond Hankow.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXII, 2 March 1939, Page 7
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