JAPANESE DRIVE
TROOPS NEAR PAKHOI LANDING OF INVADERS BID FOR HIGHWAY WAR-SUPPLY ARTERY (Else. Tel. Copyright—United Press Assn.) (Reed. Nov. 17, 9 a.m.) NEW YORK, Nov. 16.
The Chungking correspondent of the New York Times says that the Japanese are in possession of the mouth of the Lungmun River, 50 miles west of Pakhoi.
-It is not known whether Pakhoi lias fallen. Over 60 warships and transports are in the vicinity. They landed troops under a naval and aerial barrage.
It is stated that the Chinese offered no serious opposition in order to avoid unprofitable losses. However, they have strong defences inland athwart the lines of the Japanese advance.
It is believed that the Japanese are driving into the Kwangsi province to cut the trunk highway, the main artery of ■ war supplies from Indochina.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20097, 17 November 1939, Page 7
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