STRATEGIC POINTS
ALONG THE ' VANGTSE RIVER RECAPTURED BY CHINESE. AMERICAN AIR RAID ON THAILAND. (By Telegraph—Press Association— Copyright) (Received This Day, 11.10 a.m.) CHUNGKING. December 23. “Chinese forces, in mopping-up opera r lions along the west bank of .the Yangtse, recaptured ten strategic points yesterday,” says a Chinese communique. “Chinese troops, pursuing the fleeing Japanese on various routes, reached the vicinity of Sungtze and Kingan. The Chinese are continuing severe attacks.” General Stilwell’s communique reports that Liberators bombed, the Chengmai railway yards, in Thailand, starting many fires. Mitchells attacked Hwajung, in the Tungting lake area. Japanese bombers attempted to attack an American forward air base. The raiders were intercepted, and one enemy fighter was shot down.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 24 December 1943, Page 4
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