CHINESE SUCCESS
IN YELLOW RIVER AREA CONCENTRATION OF ALLIED AIR OPERATIONS. AGAINST ENEMY TROOPS & TRANSPORT. (By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright) (Received This Day, 10.45 a.m.) CHUNGKING, May 9. The Chinese have launched a successful counter-offensive south of Loyang and driven the Japanese back across the Yiyi River, say field dispatches. The Yiyi River is a tributary of the Yellow River, seven miles from Loyang. The Chinese Press claims that a Japanese fcrce, on the night of May 3, was wiped out in attempting to cross the Yellow River from Shansi, 45 miles north-east of Loyang. General Stilwell’s communique reports that Chinese and American airmen have concentrated their operations in the Yellow River area against troops and vehicles to the rear of the enemy lines, causing many casualties and destroying or damaging many trucks
Chinese and American bombers, with a fighter escort, raided Hankow Aerodrome, setting fire to installations and causing large explosions. Thirty enemy aircraft attempted interception and several of them were shot down.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 10 May 1944, Page 4
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