NEW OFFENSIVE
LAUNCHED BY CHINESE heavy enemy losses ABORTIVE CAMPAIGN (10.30 a.m.) CHUNGKING, Aug. 30. Following the capture of Chuhsien and Lishui, the Chinese forces launched a vigorous new offensive 40 miles north of Canton, along the Canton-Hankow railway, reports the China Central News. The Chinese have already captured Pakong. Kweitouling and Nangchanngau and are pursuing the Japanese, who are still retreating. The Chinese re-occupation of Lientang, Chuhsien and Tsindien has steadily widened the section of the Chekiang-Kiangsi railway recovered and also brought the Chinese closer to Nanchang. It is estimated that the Japanese withdrawals in the Chekiang and Kiangsi provinces already embrace over 10,000 square miles, which the Japanese have systematically looted. The inhabitants are suffering great hardships. It is believed that the airfields at Chuhsien and Lishui will require several months .to repair. The Japanese destroyed all the installations. “Mastered the Enemy” The Tokio official radio admitted that the Japanese forces are abandoning the entire field of operations in Chekiang and Kiangsi, “having completely mastered the enemy.” American bombers on Friday made the third raid on the Japanese bases which could be used for an enemy invasion of Yunnan province. They bombed the Hanoi-Laokia railway and also ammunition and fuel dumps in Indo-China. The Americans bombed Haipong on Saturday and Lashio on Thursday in an attempt to .break up Japanese concentrations and destroy invasion supplies. The official Chinese review of the three and a half months’ campaign in the Chekiang and Kiangsi provinces discloses that the Japanese suffered 14 000 casualties at Kinhwa and Lanchi, 18,000 at Chuhsien and 8000 at Shangjao. The present situation is as it was before the Japanese started their drive from Nanchang. The Chinese High Command announced to-day that Chinese legions were storming the suburbs of Nanchang, (the main Japanese base in Kiangsi Province ,
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 20876, 31 August 1942, Page 3
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301NEW OFFENSIVE Gisborne Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 20876, 31 August 1942, Page 3
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