JAPANESE PROGRESS
Drive On 70-Mile Front Ir China (Received July 5, 10 p.m.) CHUNGKING, July 4.
The Chinese tire desperately attempting to prevent the junction of Japanese forces driving from north and south along the Canton-Hankow railway, says a United Press of America correspondent. They have ordered the. civilian evacuation of Kweilin, Shiukwan and Yingtak, three key cities within the last Chinese-held gap of the Canton-Peiping railway. The Chinese plan to make a stand at Shiukwan, former provincial capital of Kwautung Province and at Yingtak, 50 miles farther north. Meanwhile, the Japanese are making'progress along a 70-mile front from Canton. They have occupied Lungmoon, 70 miles north of Canton.
The Japanese attempting to storm Hengyank used mustard gas today, but in spite of all assaults the city remains in Chinese hands, says a Chinese communique. At least 1000 enemy dead were counted after intense fighting on Sunday night. The Chinese in western Yunnan have captored Chanshi, 22 miles west of Tcngchung, reports a Chinese conimuliique. This has narrowed the distanie' separating them from General Stilwell’s forces to 26 miles. * 1
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Dominion, Volume 37, Issue 239, 6 July 1944, Page 5
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