JAPANESE STRIKE.
INDO-CHINA INVADED
(Rec. 1.35 p.m.) HANOI, Sept. 22. .. The Japanese have crossed the border and are attacking Dongdang, on the north-east frontier of Indo-China.
Dongdang is about 100 miles northeast of Hanoi. The French fully resisted the attacks, which were suspended at midnight. However, French officials expect the Japanese to resume the attacks at dawn. The Japanese assaulted Dongdang contrary to the Franco-Japanese agreement giving the Japanese certain military i facilities, including airfields. At Singapore the authorities announce the detention of a Japanese named Shihozaki and certain others. There are no details.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 253, 23 September 1940, Page 8
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