AGAINST JAPS
CHINESE SUCCESSES GUERRILLAS’ HEAVY TOLL (By Telegraph—Press Aeeociation—Copyright) Chungking, Sept. 25. The Chinese forces attacking the outskirts of Tungyang, 40 miles north-east of Kinhwa, have captured several Japanese positions. In a two-day battle at Cheko, in the central Anhwei Province, 1000 Japanese, strongly supported by tanks, suffered 300 casualties. The Japanese were forced back to Chaoshien after bitter fighting. One of the bloodest chapters of the China war is being written by guerrillas in North China. The Chinese military spokesman said that in the northern provinces the Japanese had lost thousands killed, and at least 85,000 captured during the last year. Local populations had aided the guerrillas, joining in many lightning attacks of Japanese communications and garrisons.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 86, Issue 228, 28 September 1942, Page 5
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