Jap. Drive On Yellow River Shattered In Shansi
HINGTSI, SHANSI, TO-DAY.
THE JAPANESE DRIVE TOWARD THE YELLOW RIVER IN
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·WEST SHANSI HAS BEEN SHATTERED, ACCORDING TO
A CHINESE STAFF OFFICER.
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The officer said that three Ja-bardment the
Chinese at Liulin
panese columns had developed an were compelled to temporarily aban- encircling movement against Liulin, don the town.
strategic point in west Shansi, since June 1, their ultimate objee-
tive being to "mop up" the Chinese
COUNTER-DRIVE
in west Shansi and cross the Yel- A Chinese Division which fought low River at Kuntu, Cihkow and a rearguard action was surrounded Sanchiao, three important cross-by the Japanese, After a four-day ings, to invade Shensi,
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bloody fight, it succeeded in break- ing through the enemy cordon and joined other Chinese units to launch a counter-drive before the Japanese could get a firm foothold at Liulin. Japanese communications between Lishih and Liulin were immediately cut, the officer said.
The Japanese drive, the officer revealed, suffered the first blow at Wanglaopo Hill, west of Lishih, when their right wing was serious ly defeated, suffering some 1,000 casualties. Their left wing also Though Japanese vanguards suffered some 600 casualties in a renched Kuntu, one of the impor- three-hour engagement with the re-tant Yellow River crossings in sult that its advance on Sanchiao west Shansi, they were unable to was checked.
hold it. In a series of frontal, pin-i
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The severest combats were cer and flanking assaults, the fought between the Japanese cen- Chinese successively recaptured tral column making a direct bid Kuntu, and Liulin. The Japanese for Liulin. Under the fierce Ja-began to retire eastward on June panese artillery and aerial bom-10.-Central News.
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