GAS WARFARE
A JAPANESE FAILURE MANY OF OWN MEN KILLED (Rec. 11 p.m.) LONDON, Jan. 27. A Chungking report states that the Japanese attempted to use poison gas against the Chinese in Southern Shansi, but the wind changed, carrying the gas to their own ranks and killing. hundreds of their own men This was announced in a Chinese communique. Japanese bombers attacked the Chinese positions, but most of the bombs hi^. the Japanese lines. A Japanese offensive in Northern Hupeh was repulsed with 1300 casualties.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 25136, 29 January 1943, Page 3
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85GAS WARFARE Otago Daily Times, Issue 25136, 29 January 1943, Page 3
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