DRIVE ON CANTON
CHINESE MAKE CONTINUED HEADWAY CAPTURE OF STRATEGIC CITY. DEFENCE OF COMMUNICATIONS WITH RUSSIA. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. LONDON, April 17. Reports from Hong Kong state that he Chinese offensive rolls on along the entire 1500-mile front. The Chinese are steadily closing in on Canton, leaving the Japanese with the only outlet by the Pearl River, which is at present being kept clear only by the overwhelming superiority of naval guns. The Chinese have captured the strategic city of Maotsin on the Yellow River, thus removing the threat to their communications with Russia. CLOSING ON CITY CHINESE REPORT GOOD ' PROGRESS. MUCH TERRITORY REGAINED. 3y Telegraph—Press Association —Copyright. (Received This Day 11.5 a.in.) HONG KONG, April 17. The Chinese claim that one column is twelve miles from Canton and that another unit, coming from the north,, has covered sixteen miles in fortyeight hours and is now within nineteen miles of Canton.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 18 April 1939, Page 5
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