ATTACK ON CHANGSHA
CHINESE DEFENCES CRUMBLING JAPANESE CLAIM Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright SHANGHAI, September 27. The Domei News Agency says that the Japanese are within 20 miles of Changsha, the defences of which are crumbling. Five Chinese divisions ar« in full retreat. The Chinese dead in • fortnight number 8,200. . . Despatches from Weilin admitted that General Chien minimised the seriousness of the Japanese drive, but insisted that the Chinese army wh« fundamentally not menaced by it since in the South China area a great number of skilled Chinese are operating behind the enemy lines. It is felt that the Japanese will refrain from a further advance westward, due to mountaia defences. UALIAN-JAPANESE RELATIONS EVIDENCE OF CORDIALITY. ROME, September 27. (Received September 28, at 2 p.m.)' The Japanese Ambassador, on taking leave of Count Ciano, thanked Italy for her friendship in the Sino-Japanesa conflict, and added that the excellent italian-Japanese relations remained unalterable.
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Evening Star, Issue 23383, 28 September 1939, Page 11
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150ATTACK ON CHANGSHA Evening Star, Issue 23383, 28 September 1939, Page 11
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