The Archive · 1937

Hankow Not Captured

Nanking, Aug. 27

The Japanese report. from Tokyo fof an alleged Japanese vielory Nankow was. ridiculed. in a communique issued by the Chinese ral tary headquarters to-day.

"The Chinese troops holding strongly entrenched positions at the heights around Chuyungkwan and Chinese "reinforcements," declared the statement, "made 2 successful flanking movement lost. night pud faunehed an attack against the rear ofthe: Japanese troops attacking [Nankow. The Chinese. troops are at resent advancing."—Reuter. way are claimed to have reduced Ching, 6 eometres south of Tien. tin,

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

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