JAPANESE FORCES
INCREASED IN CHINA’S RICE BOWL ENEMY CHECKED SOUTH-WEST OF ICHANG (By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright i (Received This Day, 10.25 a.m.) LONDON, November 19. Japanese forces in China's central lice bowl, between the Yangtse River and Tungting Lake, have been increased from 60,000 to 80,000, enabling the Japanese to cross the Li River in ■considerable strength, stated an Army spokesman, Major-General Theng. He confirmed the loss of Lihsien, which was formerly called Lichow, in Yunnan Province. The Japanese westward thrust through the hills was checked after it had reached iiiyanktang, 40 miles south-west of Ichang. This drive appeared to be directed against Changteh. In Western Yunnan the Chinese have recaptured all the ferry crossings in a 40-mile section of the Salween River, north of the Burma Road.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 20 November 1943, Page 4
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