HANDFUL OF CHINESE HEROES HOLD UP JAPANESE ADVANCE
(Press Assn.—
FIGHT TO LAST MAN
-By Telegraph — Oopyright.)
Rec. Feb. 28, 11.55 p.m. SHANGHAI, Sunday. The battle of Kiangwan Village has ended. It was a most sanguinary encounter. The Japanese flag is now floating over the ruins where the dead lie in hundreds after very fierce hand-to-hand fighting. A small band of Chinese, numbering a few hundred, and lacking food and water, withstood the insistent bombardment for over a week. They fought practically to the last man, behind ancient Chinese walls, inflicting heavy casualties before being annihiliated. The Japanese official casualties in capturing the village were 84 dead and 109 wounded. Approximately 500 Chinese are lying dead amid inJescribable ruins.
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Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 1, Issue 160, 29 February 1932, Page 5
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119HANDFUL OF CHINESE HEROES HOLD UP JAPANESE ADVANCE Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 1, Issue 160, 29 February 1932, Page 5
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