CHINESE BLOW TOP OF MOUNTAIN OFF
Recd. 8 p.m. Chungking, Aug. 22. Three tons of T.N.T. placed into earth and rock by Chinese and American engineers blew the top off Sungshan Mountain, including Japanese fortifications, killing many occupants, says the United Prefes correspondent with the Chinese forces west of Salween.
He adds: The Chinese battled painfully for two months to knock the enemy off this peak. They still must clear the enemy from the heavy fortifications on the mountain's western slope and other ridges before the Burma Road is accessible to trucks, but they now hold the highest peak there. The explosion caused no shock and little sound. A column of earth and rocks blossomed suddenly over the barren, blasted mountain peak into flimsy wisps of clouds, curtaining it. Boulders and logs showered down and Chinese and American gunswhich paused momentarily while the T.N.T. exploded, began snelling the Japanese opposite the valley and while the Chinese infantry stormed into the dust to capture the peak. Troops worked for a fortnight digging a trench up the nearly vertical moun-tain-side, and then tunnelled in to 45 feet below the main enemy fortifications and dug two main pockets for the explosives.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 88, Issue 202, 24 August 1944, Page 5
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