FALL OF PAKHOI
« EXPECTED BY JAPANESE. By Telegraph-—Press Association —Copyright. NEW YORK. November 15. The United Press Shanghai correspondent says the Japanese naval spokesman stated that the fall of Pakhoi (South China) is expected at any moment. This place would be the last of China's important seaports to tall into Japanese hands. The Chungking correspondent of the "New York Times" says the Japanese are in possession of the mouth of lhe Lungmuii River, 50 miles west of Pakhoi. It is not known whether Pakhoi has fallen. More than 60 warships and transports in the vicinity landed troops under a naval and aerial barrage. It is stated that the Chinese offered no serious opposition, in order to avoid unprofitable losses. However, they have strong defences inland, athwart the lines of the Japanese advance. It is believed the Japanese are driving into the Kwangsi Province to cut the trunk highway, the main artery for war supplies from Indo-China.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 17 November 1939, Page 5
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