FIGHTING IN CHINA
5000 ENEMY WIPED OUT
(Rec. 1.20 p.m.) Chungking, Nov. 25. Five thousand Japanese were wiped out in the battle for Changteh says an official Chinese announcement. General Chiang Kai-shek issued nn order eulogising Changteh’s defenders. The Chinese again charged the Japanese attacking Changteh with using poison gas.
General Stilwell’s communique states: “American medium bombers supporting Chinese ground forces at Tungting Lake destroyed a number of landing barges and inflicted casualties on Japanese cavalry and infantry. Bombers raided Yochow, where ammunition dumps and storage dumps were set on fire.”
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 78, 26 November 1943, Page 2
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