Summary of Events In China
' After tha Nationalists’ defeat in North CWn'a. the Communist armies began their move to the south. A / summary of the main events in (China during the past five monttos is:— January \ 15.—Fall of Tientsin. January! 21. (generalissimo Chiang :Kai-shek “retires” as. President.! < - , - March Jl7.—Communist artillery units moye towards the Yangtse River from the norjfc. April f 3 the main Nationalist base in South Honan, captured Jby Communists. April 30-21.—British ships, Ame- '. thyst, Bfack Swan and London, shelled qy Communist artillery in the YaOgtse River.—Red Army units attempt crossing of Yangtse. April 124.—Fa1l of Nanking.— Hashing, 75 miles south-west of Shanghai, captured by Communists, j April j 28.—Second Red Army crossing of Yangtse. . May f %-Hangchow, important railway' junction 150 miles south of Shanghai, captured by Communists. , May'] 16.—British strengthen air force at Hongkong. May (17. —Red Armies begin encirclement of Shanghai. May j 25. —Communists occupy Shanghai, i ■.>{'
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 27090, 26 May 1949, Page 7
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