FORCED TO RETIRE
JAPANESE WARSHIPS REPULSED (United Press Assn.—Elec. Teu Copyright) CHUNGKING, March 22 A communique states: Japanese warships, steaming up the Min River past Foochow yesterday, shelled Changmen, but were forced to retire owing to fierce counter-fire from the Chinese shore. Heavy fighting has been going on at several points on the Kwantuno coast near Portuguese Macao, where the Japanese last week landed troops from warships.
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Waikato Times, Volume 130, Issue 21686, 24 March 1942, Page 4
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