CRACK ARMY BEATEN
Japanese Claim Victory "PEACE STILL LONG WAY OFF;" (Eeceived 15, 8.45 a.m.) PEIPING-, Nov. 13. The Japanese announce that China 's crack Twenty-ninth Army was defeated. at Kaocheng, south-west of Peking, near the junction of the Taiyuan-Pe-king-Hanltow reilways. The Japanese heavily bombed Sianfu, the capital of Shansi, from the air, destroying hangars and aeroplanes. The Emperor of Japan in a message to the army in north China admits that lasting peace is still a long way off. This cootrasts with his speech on September 4 indicating its speedy establishment. The message appreciates the army's courage in overcoming obstacles and urges it to redouble its efforts to- attain its objective. '
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 44, 15 November 1937, Page 5
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