DRIVE ON HANKOW
PAUSE OF PREPARATION JAPANESE BRINGING UP (REINFORCEMENTS. SUCCESS CLAIMED IN AIR BATTLE. By Telegraph—Press Association. Copyright. (Recd This Day, 12.5 p.m.) LONDON, Aug. 18. The "Daily Telegraph’s” Shanghai correspondent says it appears that the Japanese drive towards Hankow has been brought to a standstill, except for minor operations, in order to allow the accumulation of sufficient reinforcements to ensure the capture of the city. Scores of transports are steaming up the river with supplies and men. An air battle at Hanyang is reported to have resulted in the Chinese losing thirty-two planes. The Japanese claim that all their machines returned. The Chinese claim that they shot down six. A Japanese attempt to land on the Lion Hill, near Kiukiang is reported to have been repulsed.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 19 August 1938, Page 6
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128DRIVE ON HANKOW Wairarapa Times-Age, 19 August 1938, Page 6
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