JAPANESE DEFEAT
CHINESE KILL THOUSANDS GREAT COUNTER-ATTACK ENEMY RETREATING. (By Trlegrash—Pres, Association—Copyright) Received May 20, 5.5 p.m. CHUNGKING. May 19. The Chinese, counter-attacking in North Hupeh, have slaughtered 18,000 Japanese, defeating the encircling movement at Tangho, where two Japanese columns effected a junction earlier and became isolated from the main body owing to forced marches. The Japanese are retreating southward through the Tahung Mountains toward Tsaoyang, and are conducting a running fight with their pursuers. A Tokio report say’s that the Japanese claim they have cleared Northern Hupeh and Southern Honan of Chinese troops.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 83, Issue 118, 22 May 1939, Page 8
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