NAN-NING TAKEN
CLAIM BY JAPANESE REM ARK A BLR EXPLOIT DIFFICULT T ERR AIN MARCH OF 25 MILES LONDON, Nov. 21. The Domei News Agency reports in Tokio that Nan-Ning, the capital of Kwangsi province, lias been occupied by Japanese troops. The Slianghi correspondent of the New York Times quotes an official announcement stating that thChjapdii-. esc entry into south-east Nan-Ning, was made at 1 |>.in, tOKlay. This was •one of the mo,st remarkable exploits of the whole war' in China. It included the landings at three points on November, 15, n. march inland over a ditched and dynamited highway,*'fighting through .mountain passes and lording tinbridlged streams. The distance from the landing point to Nan-Ning was 25 miles hecalisc of the indirect route. ( . Japanese officers claim that the captors of Nan-Ning' pow control the key, point on the route of 70 per cent of China’s imports yljrom French IndoChina.
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Opotiki News, Volume II, Issue 264, 27 November 1939, Page 1
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149NAN-NING TAKEN Opotiki News, Volume II, Issue 264, 27 November 1939, Page 1
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