JAPANESE CAPTURE NANKOW PASS AFTER 11 DAY'S FIGHTING
(Eeceived 26, 2.1'5 p.m.) LONDON, Aug. 25. xne Tlmes Tokio. correspondent says that the capture of Nankow Pass (North China) is confirmed after 11 days' fighting. The country is so difficult that some Japanese units are heing fed and supplied with munitions from the air. A typical operation was the capture of the viUage of Chunyungkwan, where the last position was a watchtower on the Gei-at Wall. Jiere, when their hand-grenades were finished, the Chinese rolled great stones upon the Japanese, Killing and wounding many. The Japanese, after the capture of Kalgan, are now advancing down the PekiBg-Suiyuau railway.
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 188, 26 August 1937, Page 5
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