The Archive · 1938

Pressure on Kaifeng Ease

Hankow, May 25.

Violent yhting is stilt riv progress Lanfeng, about 40 kilometres east of Kaifeng, according to Chinese front reports reaching here. The Japanese launched further attacks on Lanfeng, as well as on the village of Lowang, a station on the Lunghai Me twelve kilometres west of Lanfeng, it is stated. Japanese aero-Planes played an important part in "Yesterday Japanese planes heavily bombed Kaifeng and barracks outside the city, 'The Japanese claim to have cap-ured one armoured train between Lanfeng' and Kaifeng.

"The Honan capital is believed to be strongly garrisoned—Reuter.

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