HELP FOR CHINA

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 88, Issue 124, 26 May 1944, Page 5

HELP FOR CHINA

OF MYITKYIN*. IS I AWAITED j WAY WILL BE OPENTX. 1 i Reed. 10 p.m. Washington, May 25.; A prediction that China would be! receiving munitions via the Ledo and' Burma Roads six months after the I fall of Myitkyina was made by the! chief of the Chinese military mission, I General Shang Chee, at a press con-, ference. He said China and Russia had reached an understanding concerning the use of the Turkisn railway over which supplies might be brought to Sinkiang. They are believed also to have discussed Russian material aid to China now that the Russian situation has improved. General Shang added that Japan’s I military strength was estimated at more than 100 divisions, numbering 20.000 each, of v. hick 29 were in China, 35 in the Pacific Islands, 12 in Burma and Thailand, 24 in Manchuria, and 11 in Japan proper. Cnina had 5,000,000 regular troops but by no means all of them were well-trained and equipped, in addition to 1,000.000 guerrillas. sive, were piercing the heart of Kesselring’s main defence area. The sth Army has captured Monte i Alton. 10 miles north of Terracina. representing a maximum penetration [of over 30 miles since lhe opening o/ i Iho offensive, reports the Associated Press correspondent at Allied headquarters. It has also.occupied Lcnola, about four miles noiln-west of Fondi, German tank crews are manning ' pill-boxes on the main front, as tnerc are not enough tanks to go round. Renier's correspondent at Allied headquarters reports that within a few hours of the opening of offensive the sth Army had driven spearheads 2000 yards deep through the perimeter, with tanks leading the way. About 300 prisoners were taken ;to noon on Tuesday. They report that ithe Germans were taken by surprise, j The Americans have occupied a • 2000-yard sector of the Appian Way. 1 extending to within half a mile of Cis- ■ lerna. They have also widened their ; gains across the enemy's broken railjway defence line four- miles south of Velletri. British armour has crossed ' the Molded a River north of Anzio. I It is oliicially announced that the 1 French have captured Pico.

The German overseas news agenc. says: “The Allies in the Nettun bridgehead attempted a leap-fro, landing to take the German defence in the rear but. were repelled.”