WAR IN CHINA
BALANCE TURNING AGAINST JAPAN. CHUNGKING GENERAL'S SURVEY. (By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright i (Received This Day. 11.10 a.m.) CHUNGKING, July 15. Reviewing four years of war, General Ho Ying-chin said China began with 1,700 000 troops and now had five million regulars, 800,000 guerrillas and ten million reserves. All units now had modern arms. Japan used twenty divisions in China in 1937. 301 in 1938/39, 35 in 1940 and 361 in 1941. Despite these increasing fordes, the 'Japanese gains had diminished progressively as China had become stronger. There had been nine major battles, of which China had lost three at Nanchang, Ichang and in the Chuntiao Mountains.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 16 July 1941, Page 6
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108WAR IN CHINA Wairarapa Times-Age, 16 July 1941, Page 6
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