CHINESE SUCCESSES

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 86, Issue 227, 26 September 1942, Page 5

CHINESE SUCCESSES

JAPS IN DANGER OF BEING CUT OFF (Recd. 9 p.m.) Rugby, Sept. 24. Latest reports from Chungking indicate that the position on thg Chekiang front remains comparatively static following the defeat of Japanese counterattacks from Lanchi. In this sector the Japanese are now defending a line along the Lan River, which runs through the southern suburbs of Lanchi. Though they appear so far to have resisted successfully Chinese attempts to establish bridgeheads on the north bank of the river, they have been unable to remove the immediate threat to the city, which is under continual Chinese pressure. At the same time there is news that the Chinese drive north-east of Lanchi and Kinwha threatens to turn the fortified positions the Japanese had established for the defence of cities. Reports of renewed activity in the neighbourhood of Tungyong, 30 miles north-east of Kinhwa, are considered in Chinese quarters in London to indicate a tightening Chinese grip on the supply route of the Japanese garrison, who are in increasing danger of being cut off from their base at Hanchow.—B.O.W.