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IN ALL SECTIONS IN HONAN ACCORDING TO CHINESE COMMUNIQUE. TOKIO COUNTER-CLAIM. (By Telegraph—Press Association —Copyright) (Received This Day, 12.25 p.m.) CHUNGKING, May 24. A full scale Chinese counteroffensive in Honan Province has routed the Japanese in all sectors, says a Chinese communique. The Chinese are driving eastward along the Lunghai Railway towards Shanhsien, and the besieged garrison at Loyang is lashing out, while a Chinese relief column is pushing towards Loyang along the Yi River, , Chinese forces farther east have recaptured three towns beyond the Peking-Hankow Railway, and are continuing their attacks. A Japanese communique, given out by the Tokio radio, claims that Japanese units in Honan have already annihilated the main strength of the enemy.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 25 May 1944, Page 4
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