The Archive · 1938

Japanese Drive

Driving their wedge between Taier-ing and Pihsien still deeper, nese troops on April 27 oc~ cupied Chinese fortifications on Wu-shun hill, a Japanese Army spokesman announced last night, 'The hill formed a pact of a strong forthed line, bareing Japanese ade once between the two towns, With the occupation of the blithe third how'in thole possession-the Japanese forees' came within about ten miles of the Lunghai Railway, the ofoer Syl the_ wid he gap the Chinese det cline, their posi-the widening of the gap in

Hons immediately north of the alls wey are facing at "immtsent threat added unnamed hill north of Pihsion was occupied by other troops the same day.

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