The Archive · 1939

Guerillas Dispersed

Japanese naval landing parties on Thursday dispersed Chinese guerillas in the north-eastern part of Kiangsu on a snow-covered battlefield and killed about 300 of them, the headquarters of the Japanese China Sea Fleet announced in a communique issued yesterday afternoon.

The Japanese suffered only three casualties, the statement claimed.

Assisted by planes and mechanized units. {He bluejackets launched at-

Father of von Rath tacks on the Chinese positions near Leinyunkiang and south of Int Yuntai, where snow had drifted for

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