CHINESE ATTACK
HANGCHOW BATTLE JAPANESE CASUALTIES HEADQUARTERS RAZED COMMUNICATIONS CUT (Elec. Tel- Copyright—United Press Assn.) (Reed. Oct. 18, 9 a.m.) ' ( LONDON, Oct. 17. A nie'ssage from Chungking says it was. officialy reported yesterday that a Chinese ’ army. attacked Hangchow, killing numerous Japanese soldiers and destroying a power plant, an ammunition dump and headquarters of the puppet regime. They also destroyed railway tracks and dynamited bridges, severing communication' with Shanghai and establishing Chinese control in the surrounding countryside.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20071, 18 October 1939, Page 14
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