A DETERMINED DRIVE.
FIGHTING IN PEIPING AREA. PUNITIVE BOMBING RAIDS. PEIPING, July 27. The distant roar of artillery can be
heard north, south and west of Peiping. Fighting is now proceeding at Papaoshan in addition to Nanyuan and Tongbhan, suggesting that the Japanese have begun a determined drive to dislodge the whole of the Chinese 29th Army from the Peiping area. The fighting at Tung-haow ceased at nightfall. Two Japanese air squadrons are at present carrying out i>unitive bombing raids south and west of Peiping, namely at Nan-yuan, where the 38th Chinese Division is reported to have been routed. It is reported from Hong Kong'that the Japanese Government has ordered its nationals to evacuate Swatow, Amoy and Foochow. ‘ * Japanese headquarters in Tientsin announce that they have no intention of making 100,000,000 Chinese in North China the object of punitive action. Such action will be directed solely against the Chinese who oppose Japanese troops.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 57, Issue 246, 29 July 1937, Page 5
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153A DETERMINED DRIVE. Ashburton Guardian, Volume 57, Issue 246, 29 July 1937, Page 5
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