BATTLE FOR CANTON
SUCCESSES CLAIMED BY JAPANESE IMPORTANT POSITION CAPTURED. CHINESE SUPPLY ROUTE CUT. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. (Received This Day, 9.20 a.m.) TOKIO, December 4. The Japanese have completely occupied the Chiukiang delta and have captured a position eight miles south of Fatshan. A communique claims that this means the cutting of Marshal Chiang Kai-Shek’s munition supplies and eliminating the Chinese attempt to counter-attack at Canton. MURDEROUS RAIDS. FIVE THOUSAND PERSONS KILLED. LONDON, December 4. A message from Chungking says that Japanese planes made two bombing raids on Kweilin, killing 5000.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 5 December 1938, Page 6
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