JAPANESE THRUST
ADMITTED BV CHINESE BUT MOVE MAY BE SUICIDAL. ENCIRCLEMENT OF DIVISIONS DENIED. By Telegraph—Press Association —Copyright. (Received This Day, 12.15 p.m.) LONDON, May 14. The Shanghai correspondent of “The Times” says the Chinese at Chungking admit a Japanese surprise thrust, northwards along the east, bank of the Han River, but declare that it.is 100 early to ' say whether this is a masterstroke or suicide. They deny the Japanese encirclement, of twenty-six divisions, adding that the mountainous terrain in Hupeh forbids this.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 15 May 1939, Page 6
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83JAPANESE THRUST Wairarapa Times-Age, 15 May 1939, Page 6
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