1938-03-19 — Page 9

THE CHENA MAIL, MARCH 19, 1938.

OFFENSIVE

In Shansi Province Claimed

CHINESE Sweeping Success

Japanese Retreat All Along The Line

Hankow, To-day.

Outstanding success has accompanied the Chinese counter-offensive in Shansi province it is reported here this morning. The towns of Fenglingtu, Macheng, Pingpu and Maitsintu, on the north bank of the Yellow River, have been retaken.

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TIME OF WAR

Restrictions To Be Drastic

North of Tungkuan, an effective Chinese guerilla campaign has forced the Japanese to abandon Hotsin near Yunho and to retreat in a norther-AIDS TO MOVEMENT. ly direction.

ON ROADS

home.

dances.

othe

at her Kensington Railway communication on the Chinese reinforcements have

The drastic lights out"-restric Chengchow-Tungkuan stretch of been despatched to this section tions which will be enforced in

"It's Difficult". the Langhai Railway, which was from Hsuchowfu, and are making a Britain in time of war are outlined but it is very difficult at times, par far I have kept my promise, discontinued two weeks ago

be counter-offensive in an attempt to in a Home Office memorandum to ticularly during the season's deb's cause of intense shelling by the turn back the Japanese advance. local authorities. Japanese, has now been resumed. Meanwhile the Chinese forces

The Chinese are pushing for-joperating to the east of the T.PR ward, in spite of all Japanese resis-in south-eastern Shantung, have tance, towards Taiyuanfu and alrecaptured several villages east of successful series of attacks have the Yi River. been carried out on the Japanese positions along the Tungpu Rail- way between Taiynanfu and Hou-

Bridges, which the Japanese have laboriously constructed or repair ed during the past three weeks, have been destroyed.

ATTACK REPULSEÐ

Japanese troops, assisted by tanks and over twenty armoured cars, made several attempts to re- capture these villages but were re- pulsed.

It states that all occupiers of "My elder brother broke his pro- premises used after dark would be mise berore he was twenty-one, and required, for the duration of the lost the wager.

war, to mask all windows, sky- Most of my friends either drink, lights and doors at night with smoke or bet, while I have to refuse dark blinds, or curtains, or other all but soft drinks. means, so that no light inside was "But am quite happy, and I do visible from outside. External not really miss any of these things. lights would be forbidden. 1 don't think I am being Victozan. I don't know what will happen All illuminated advertisements when i am twenty-one. I cannot and signs, other than signa instal-say whether I shall like smoking or amaking, as I have never tried either.

Japanese troops in this sector led specially for air raid Due to constant Chinese prestung along the motor road under

are pushing into south-east Shan- tions, would be prohibited sure, Japanese detachments along

The Air Raid Precanting De- -"rne only 'sip' of intoxicating li- the cover of artillery, but the partment is investigating economi-quor 1 ever had," added Miss Ken- the Tungpu Railway are in a pre-

Chinese troops are putting up a cal means of darkening factones worthy smitingly, was at the age carious position and are in great

very stubborn résistance. danger of being isolated in groups

having an extensive area of glass. of tw before we made the wager, and annibilated.

Where work of vital national im-was given a sip of champagne at a christening, and amused the com- portance required lighting which

saying. Oh, I like that!” » could not be completely concealed,

Joan Adison toki me: conditional exemptions from re-

My tatoer made the wager about strictions might be granted.

VÉZIs ago, and I said it was Arter 211, what one has never one does not miss. -

Over 2,000 Japanese reinforce- ments are moving down the Ling- Six thousand Japanese stationed lvi-Laibaien highway in support of near Taimuan were forced to bear the Japanese advance in this sec- a hasty retreat last night as the tor Chinese 80th Army Corps re-occu- pied the town of Taihsien, 150 kilo- metres south of Taiyuan,

CHINESE OPTIMISTIC

SHANSE SITUATION

In southern Shansi the Japanese forces along the north bank of the Yellow River in the vicinity of Chinese staff circles are extreme-Maotsintu and Pinglu, are retreat- ly optimistic, it being pointed outling southward, and only smat that the Japanese troops are com number of Japanese troops. pletely exhausted through the un-maining at Pinglu. relenting campaign the Chinese

The Chinese troops which

have already conducted for posses vanced eastward of Pinglu sion of Shansi province, and the

diately engaged -

Chinese, therefore, have the opper-troops who are retiring tunity to advance with compara- Fighting

tively slight resistance.

The situation near Tenghaien, to

About 2,000 Japans

the north of the Tientsin-Pakow moving back and forth

Railway where severe fighting took Hsinyang, Cheyuan, Wenhsien place yesterday, is reported to be Mengusien, on the north bank of the uncertain

Yellow River, in order to confuse)

The Japanese have succeeded in the Chinese defenders on the advancing far as the centre-

town but were then thr

back and forced to retreat wher Chinese reinforcemer

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of the river.

UNOFFICIAL REPORT

Such exemptions would granted by Chief Officers of Police and would be subject to the conditions that the fighting was

screened

possible, and could be immediately, extinguished on receipt of an air ra

Street Ilumination

of the

of this kind

with

Fighting,

woud

Unofficial Chinese reports from would be Hauchowfu state that one column operation in dark of Japanese troops went around Any relax Tenghsien and appeared south of posals would not. Ténghsien, apparently with the in-mitting, between hinese Military Headquarters tention to ut the TPR between street lighting, yesterday issued the following

communique:

Hankow, To-day.

A Japanese force numbering be defende

five and thousand men

arche Ten

Pakow Bailway

Cheng, in order, ble of being

of the Chineseed, in the main

Chinese

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meet will

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dvance, southward

kinese forces.

the

the largest towns,

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