ON FOUR FRONTS
A JAPANESE OFFENSIVE ATTEMPT TO ENCIRCLE CHINESE SHANGHAI, May 13. Tire Japanese have launched a “ May offensive ” on four fronts in China. They have also attempted to encircle 300.000 Chinese troops between Ichang and Hankow. Operations have been started against 10 Chinese divisions in the Chekiang province. A fourth front has developed in South China with fighting along the Tungkiang River, in the Kwangtung province. A gun battle developed when the international police halted a motor car containing Madame Ho Sze-tao, wife of the Japanese-sponsored Administration's police chief, at the barricades in Bubbling Well road, dividing the settlement from the Badlands area. American marines were called put from the barracks. One person was killed and nine were wounded, including Madame Ho and two of her bodyguards.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 24607, 15 May 1941, Page 7
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