IN THE FAR EAST
RUIN OF CHINESE CITY ADVANCE OF JAPANESE (United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright) LONDON, Sept. 28 Japanese advance columns are reported to be driving in on the flaming ruins of Changsha, the occupation of which can be expected within 48 hours, says a despatch from Shanghai. The Japanese claim to have surrounded 500,000 Chinese troops under the direct command of Marshal Chiang Kai-shek, in the mountains north of Changsha. Japanese naval aeroplanes are subjecting these troops to merciless bombing and machine-gun attacks. ATTACK BY SOVIET FIRE ON MANCHUKUO VESSEL (United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright) LONDON, Sept. 28 It is alleged that Soviet patrol boats fired on a Manchukuo vessel sailing up the River Amur, which forms the boundary between Manchukuo and Russia, according to a Daventry broadcast.
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Waikato Times, Volume 125, Issue 20923, 30 September 1939, Page 4
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130IN THE FAR EAST Waikato Times, Volume 125, Issue 20923, 30 September 1939, Page 4
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