The Archive · 1941

Japanese Respect Gen

Chiang's Home

Shanghai, Apr. 26, 'The commander of the Japanese forces occupying Fenghwa, the native Jdistrict of General Chiang Kai-shek jin Chekiang, has ordered his men not any harm to the residence of General ct and his ancestral' tombs. He has" also ordered. that civilian houses occupied by "good citizens" must also be protected, The above information was pub-fished by the "Sin Shun Pao" yesterday, quoting the paper's special correspondent in east Chekiang. General Chiang's residence was said to be a small one, having only. two storeys, It is surrounded by white walls, When the Japanese reached it there' was no one in the house, but! everything there remained in good order. The servants had escaped.

The correspondent who visited the district recently following the Japanese occupation stated that streets and walls in the district remained intact, having not been bombed. The district {ig a good scenic spot and everything, Was so quiet there that one would think that it had not been molested bby the god of war, he said, of Ningpo have been seized.

Japanese forces engaged in mopping-up Chinese remnants along the Wu River eight kilometres west of Wenchow, encountered stubborn resistance in the mountain heights of Fenghwangshen, After 10 hours of fierce fighting'. they dislodged the Chinese at five o'clock yesterday afternoon, and captured Tsuanyentan.

The Japanese columns which re-tured to Chukt this morning, dealt the death blow to remaining Chinese troops in the regions as far south at Peitouchen, important point on the Chekiang-Kiangsi Railway, 18" kilometres. from Chukl. troops Belonging to the 169th, sith and S3rd Divisions were dispersed, Five detachments which drove from areas south of Chukl, passed through hilly terrain and captured Fuchlentau, 18 kilometres south of Chuki.—

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