FOREIGN LEGION
FIGHTING IN CHINA JAPANESE ALLEGATION United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright LONDON, Feb. 10 The Peking correspondent ol the Times says the Japanese military authorities assert that a Foreign Legion is fighting for China. They say it consists of 315 Russians, 152 Americans, 124 Frenchmen, 55 British and five others. Of these men 550 are air pilots and anti-aircraft gunners. The Shanghai correspondent of the same newspaper says the battle of Lunghai is developing on a front of 400 miles. The Japanese, it is estimated, are employing eight main armies.
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Waikato Times, Volume 122, Issue 20421, 11 February 1938, Page 7
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