CHINESE SETBACK
JAPANESE CAPTURE TOWN (Received July 13* 2.15 p.m.) WASHINGTON, July 12 The Chinese driving toward Yungefu, 30 miles from Kweilin, recaptured Luchai, 28 miles north-east of Liuchow, reports the American Press Chungking correspondest.
The Chinese suffered a setback on the South China coast, the Japanese capturing Tinpak, 170 miles southwest of Canton. The Chinese found the most elaborate mining and booby-trapping of the war at Liuchow airfield, indicating that the pursuit will be tougher as .the Japanese retreat farther.
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Waikato Times, Volume 106, Issue 22660, 13 July 1945, Page 3
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