The Archive · 1939

Chungking, Dee, 18

aifeng. capital of Honan ites Chinese field dispatch from the Honan front, It claims that Chinese troops launched a surprise attack on Kaifeng on the night of December 16, entering the city in the following morning, "Over 20 fires were started when the Chinese set fire to Japanese mun ion dumps, supplies and puppet offices," the Chinese dispatch claims, It adds that Chinese troops engaged the Japanese garrison in street fighting, which was still proceeding yesterday evening.

Chinese troops raided Yochow, a railway station. on the—Canton-Hankow Railway, on the night of December 18, aeedrding to a Chinese Anoiher Chinese detachment said fo have attacked Tingszechiao, a strategic railway station on the same railway, in south Hupeh, yesterday: morning.

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