HUGE FIRES RAGE
BATTLE FOR KIUKIANG
PART TAKEN ONLY
GRIM CHINESE DEFENCE
INVADERS' FORCE DIVIDED
(Elec. Tel. Copyright—United Pross Assn.)
(Reed. July 28, 10.15 a.m.) LONDON, July 27.
Reports from Shanghai state that the Chinese claim that only part or Kiu-kia-ag has fallen, though the Japanese yesterday claimed to have captured the city.
The Chinese state that they are grimly holding on to the remainder of the city, in the hope that reinforcements, which are 'being rushed up, will stem the advance. Great fires were raging in the city throughout the night. The Japanese forces were split into two columns. One ■is advancing towards Hankow up the Yangtsc Valley, and the other is opening a new line of attack south along the railway from Kiukiang to Nanchang.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 19694, 28 July 1938, Page 5
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