FIGHTING IN CHINA
REPORTED ROUT OF NINE DIVISIONS JAPANESE CLAIM HEAVY . CAPTURES. ADVANCES IN SEVERAL AREAS. By Telegraph—Press Association —Copyright. (Received This Day, 10 a.m.) TOKTO, May 11. A field despatch reports that nine Chinese divisions, totalling 150,000 men have been routed north-west of Hankow, many members of the staff surrendering after an encirclement of General Tang Po’s headquarters. Elsewhere the Japanese are carrying on an offensive on a 44 miles front north-west of Sizngyang. A second force is pushing westward from Sinyang, a third northward along the Han River and a fourth, hitherto held in reserve, is advancing from Anlu, in Central Hupeh.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 12 May 1939, Page 5
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