The Archive · 1939

Attack Forestalled In Suiyuan Japanese Prevent Planned Chinese Drive

Anpeh, Central Suiyuin

Apr. 12. Striking before Chinese tree could stage a projected countd Japanese troops ciptux lo metres north-west of ventral Suiyuan, at 5.25

Abandoning 300 dead, the major part of the Chinese troops, numbering 2,000 of the newly-organized Fifth Division, and 1,000 guerillas, fled westward.

Chinese positions in the sector west of the Peiping-Suiyuan railway where the Chinese expected to launch their counter-attack were completely destroyed by the Japanese in the night.—Domei. offensive, which began on Mani

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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