Communists Preparing For Yangtse Crossing
Received Thursday, 9.50 a.m. o NANKING, March 23. A Natiohalist mi itary spokesman said today that Communist preparations for an attempt to cross the Yangtse were becoming more evident. Bases for the attempt had been established at Yangchow, on the north bank. The spokesman said that about 300,000 troops were continuing their ad'vance south to line the north bank of thC Yangtse. He added that Nationalist preparations to meet the attack were complete.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHRONL19490324.2.35
Bibliographic details
Chronicle (Levin), 24 March 1949, Page 5
Word Count
78Communists Preparing For Yangtse Crossing Chronicle (Levin), 24 March 1949, Page 5
Using This Item
NZME is the copyright owner for the Chronicle (Levin). You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of NZME. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in