CHECK BY CHINA
ADVANCE IN SOUTH
TONKING BAY BASE
(Reed. Nov. 23, 9 a.m.) HONG KONG, Nov. 22
The Chinese claim that the Japanese advance in Soutli China has been checked a few miles from Tonking Bay. The Japanese admit that no progress has been made in the drive on Nanking for 24 hours. The base is being consolidated at Tonking Bay.
A Chungking report states that the Chinese assert that Japanese who were attempting to eliminate guerilla forces in the Wutai mountains were trapped in a pass and a lieutenant general and a third of his brigade were killed.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20102, 23 November 1939, Page 5
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