The Archive · 1941

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Chungking, Apr. 21.

'EVERE fighting is going on along the Chekiang and Fukien coasts, state Chinese field dispatches from the front.

The Japanese forces which landed at Lienkiang and Changlo, on the north bank of the Min River on April 19 are apparently converging on Foochow,'the capital of Fukien province.

Meanwhile, the Japanese. forces on. the south batik of the Chieniang River fare continuing to advance to the southwest, It is not yet known, whether the Japanese intend to push towards Kinghua, the present, capital of Chekiang province, which the main railway and highway lead~ ing from the Chekiang coast to the interior of China.—Reuter,

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