WAR IN CHINA
JAPANESE REINFORCEMENT PLIGHT OF THE CHINESE OVER 2,000,000 STARVING United Press Assn.—Elec. TeL Copyright (Received April 1, 3.15 p.m.) HANKOW, March 31 The main force of the Chinese counter-offensive has been sperit since the* arrival of Japanese reinforcements, but there is no sign of the Chinese lines breaking. PEKING, March 31 Japanese reports indicate that 1,250,000 Chinese are starving and 1,000,000 are on the brink of starvation owing to floods and warfare in that portion of Honan north of the Yellow River. BLOODY FIGHTING CHINESE OCCUPY TOWNS 1000 JAPANESE ANNIHILATED United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright (Received April 1, 3.15 p.m.) HANKOW, March 31. Re-animated by the successes “on the Tientsin and Pukow front, where they annihilated 1000 Japanese with hand-grenades and two-handed swords in bloody street lighting at Taierchwang, the Chinese again occupied Tsiatso, In northern Honan, and Szean, In northern Chekiang, suffering 3000 casualties, compared with Japan's 4000.
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Waikato Times, Volume 122, Issue 20463, 1 April 1938, Page 8
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