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JAPANESE SURPRISE THRUST v. LONDON. May 14. The Shanghai correspondent of The Times says the Chinese at Chungking admit the Japanese surprise thrust northwards along the east bank of the Han River, but declare it is too early to say whether it is a masterstroke or suicide. They deny the Japanese encirclement of 26 divisions, adding that the mountainous terrain at Hupeh forbids this. JAPANESE BOMBERS A RAID ON NINGPO SHANGHAI, May 14. Seven Japanese planes directly hit over 100 buildings at the treaty port of Ningpo, in the province of Chekiang. Ten were killed.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 23809, 16 May 1939, Page 9
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