JAPANESE RETREAT
UNDER INCESSANT CHINESE ATTACKS FIGHTING IN CHEKIANG & FUKIEN. DEFENDERS STILL HOLDING PART OF RAILWAY. (By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright) CHUNGKING, June 22. A communique states: “On the Chekiang front the Japanese north-west of Kinhwa have sustained losses and are retreating toward Kinhwa, under incessant Chinese attacks. The Chinese are also attacking in Lungyu and the Chuhsien sector. “On the Kiangsi front heavy fighting is unabated on the outskirts of Kwangfeng and near the northern border of Fukien, where Japanese reinforcements are battling with Chinese in the surrounding hills. “The Japanese effort to close the gap in the Chekiang-Kiangsi railway has made no progress in the last four days, and the Chinese are still holding 50 miles of the line. “On the Honan front the Japanese from Linhsein have been held by fierce Chinese resistance at the foot of the Taiheng Range.’’
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 24 June 1942, Page 3
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