JAPANESE RETREAT
SOUTH OF NANKING FOLLOWING ON HEAVY LOSSES IN BATTLE. AIR FORCE OUT IN STRENGTH. (By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright) (Received This Day, 10.45 a.m.) CHUNKING, October 5. Japanese forces in the Hsuancheng sector, 80 miles south of Nanking, began a general retreat after a battle in which they suffered considerable casualties, says the Associated Press. Chinese guerillas operating behind the enemy lines are busily interfering with the movement of troops and supplies. In other sectors between Hangchow and Nanking, the Chinese are engaging the Japanese in fierce fighting. The Japanese Air Force was out in great strength yesterday, attacking Kweiling and Shuikwan.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 6 October 1943, Page 4
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102JAPANESE RETREAT Wairarapa Times-Age, 6 October 1943, Page 4
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