The Archive · 1939

Shanghai Area Attacks Made on Ihing

Chuyung; Japanese Claim Success in Shansi

Chungking, June 7.

Chinese forces in the Shanghai-Nanking Railway Area launched attacks on Ihing and Chuyung on June 2, it is claimed in a Chinese report received here today.

Chinese artillery is said to have shelled Ihing on the morning of June 2, starting several big fires. A Chinese detachment, according to the report, entered the walls of Chuyung 9n the night of June 2, withdrawing the next morning.

A Chinese military dispatch from Yingteh, received here today, claims that Chinese troops on the night of May 24 raided the northern outskirts of Canton, attacking the Japanese Gendarmerie headquarters on Shuantsing Street.

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