The Archive · 1938

Advance Along River

Other Domet reports from north of the Yangtze claimed that Japanese [detachments operating to the northwest of Kishui had crossed the Pa River which runs parallel with the Sha River which flows through Kishul. The Japanese advance, according to the reports, has moved to 2 point 25 kilometres north of the Pu River. In- advancing to. this Feint, the dispatches said, the Jap-Janese routed a Chinese force of 7,000) strong last Wednesday and Friday. More than 1,000 dead were left by the retreating Chinese, On the southern Yangtze front, Domei re~ ports received here yesterday revealed, Japanese forces now are attacking Teekowshih, strategic Chinese position on the north bank of the Fu River.

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