JAPANESE ATTACK
BASE IN KWANGS!
. , ; CHUNGKING. August 31 ■Launching, what appears to "g the long-expected, offensive towards the |fe£ase ; . at Kweilin, capital of he Kwangsi province, the-Japan ds- have g2S??d 11 miles'south-^ward of ft S af% The e?en^ forcr- estimated at six fully div sions, were a-qon opposed by Chinese units. The gressm rX1°Un ln intersit^ is ProJapanese authorities in Shanghai have advised all Japanese civilian's r£™ VaCU? ts Al^ c oit^ because of- the danger of Allied bombings. Th« P-m-. CHUNGKING, August 31. Ihe Chinese, fighting towards Ichang penetrated the enemy defences to-within five to seven miles to the norch-east of Ichang, says a Chinese communique. The Chinese • repulsed the Japanese south-west of Hengyang and broke into dialling, where street fighting is in progress. General Stilwell's communique reports* tnat the Americans shot down eight and damaged five enemy raiders over Hankow.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXVIII, Issue 54, 1 September 1944, Page 6
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