HEAVY LOSSES
JAPANESE IN CHINA WESTERN PUSH CHECKED ' ' * • - f 7 . CLAIMS BY DEFENDERS BIG BATTLE AT CANTON By Telegraph—Press Association —Copyright (Received November 23, 5.5 p.m.) CHUNGKING, Nov. 23 The Chinese Foreign Ministry claims that the Japanese have withdrawn south of Yochow, with heavy 'losses, and that their western push has been checked. It is reported that 30,000 Japanese from Amoy are reinforcing Canton, where the Chinese are strongly fighting back. Chinese troops stubbornly defended Shansi. It is estimated that .5000 Japanese were killed and 10,000 wounded in the past fortnight.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23203, 24 November 1938, Page 13
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