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HANKOW, "FEBRUARY 18. THE LAST GREAT FOSITIONAL FIGHTING IN THE PRESENT WAR, before which the battle for Shangbai and the struggle for the Lunghai Railway are expected to pale, will be fought in the province of Hupeh, possibly near Hankow, la the opinion of competent observers here.

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Generalissima Chiang Kai-shek hopes to put at least 48 divisions into the field for this battle. and expresses confidence that it will be Japan's Waterloo.

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A stream of all the most modern weapons of war-heavy guns, machine-guns and automatic rifles -have been steadily flowing into China from abroad. These weapons are dally distributed to the "nes army.", composed of reorganised divisions and new ones emerging from the drilling grounds.

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If the Chinese are defeated in this great battle, the Government and the army will withdraw to the mountains in the north-west and

Shanghai, Feb 18. south-west. The Chinese will try

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Yunnan, Kweichow wards the Yellow River as the DA the southern sector of the Szechuen,

Kwangai, Shenst Kansu and Tientsin-Pukow

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most important development In the Sino-Japanese hostilities strice: tured Penzpu and Tsaolaocht on Chinghai.

There will be no more positional the fall of Nanking. These opera- PUBLIC AUCTION. the northern bank of the Hwal River yesterday and are preparing Aghting but China's resistance, ittions, and the attendant thrust on to cross the river to counter-attacks predicted, will be continued un- the Lunghal Railway, are consider- the Japanese

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During their retreat across the river at Fengpu yesterday morning, Japanese troops suffered casualties as a result of the des- truction of all their pontoon bridges by Chinese gunfire, whilst Japanese losses on the northern bank of the river during the last few days are estimated at about 3,000.

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the important of the battle for Japanese are, firstly, to gain con- Hsuchow, but. regard it and other trol of the Lurighal Railway and battles to be fought for the Lung-secondly, to form a junction be- tween the forces operating from hal Railway as only curtain-raiser to the great decisive clash to folthe north and south.

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Chinese aircraft are expected be running into the very heart of fore long to offer serious challenge China and would obtain full con- After the withdrawal of the main to Japan's supremey in the air.trol of Klangsu, Shantung and

Hope!. body of Japanese troops from the With the arrival of bombers and northern bank of the river, those parsuit planes from Russia, Enz. Observers lay a great deal of left at Hwaiyuan are said to have land, France and America, and the emphasis upon the moral effect been placed in a precarious post-new pilots being turned out from upon the Japanese If they cross

4 Foos Woollen Goode tion. Chinese forces have reached various aviation schools, the Chin-that section of the Yellow "River

2 Bales Canvas Duok Shangklaochi, a point only about ese air force is growing stronger traversing Honan which, for many centuries. has been the great five miles from Hwalyuan, and are every day.

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fronta by air. Only recently he they had made a major advance made an especially important tour in the campaign.. Meanwhile, Tingyuan, on the left accompanied by the Kwangsi lead- Japanese operations, however, TERMS :-CASH OF DALIYABY. bank of the railway south of theer, General Pei Chung-hai, China's will continue to present difficul-

in Hwa! River, which is now master strategist, who wEJ onisties so long as Changtch, in nor | Japanese hands, has been encircled Chiang's implacable foe but is now them. Honan, remains their base by the Chinese forces: Shuang-his close friend in a common cause, of operations, for it is a good 75 chlachien, east of Tingyuan. was At Linfeng in south Shansi, they miles from the Yellow River: recaptured by the Chinese on Feb. conferred with Chu Teh. Mao Tse-

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reach Chengchow without Tientsin-Pukow Railway the Chin-from the communist army then at culty. A glance at the map shows ese are still encircling Langsintien, Kalteng. the capital of

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junction elties Chengchow OT Hsuchow-is expected by observers to make the other untenable, ex- cept as the risk of huge casualties. Under efficient generalship, fo7- eign observers believe that it

CHANGED TACTICS Although decisions were kept secret this much is known: The The Chinese are now maintain-Chinese tactics have been changed ing positions at Tseshan, a hill to and there has been an important would not be difficult for the Chi- the south(Central News).

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Three squadrons of Chinese planes effectively bombed Japan- ese troop concentrations at Wu- kang. a town between Wushing and Hangchow, yesterday morning. About 16 bombs were dropped on 500,000 the Japanese, inflicting some 80 casualties-Central News),"

Hankow, Feb. 18. Chinese troops numbering about men in Bhansi, Honan, Anhut, Shantung and Cheklang have been ordered. to launch, a general counter-offensive against the Japanese.

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JAPANESE PLANE BROUGHT DOWN NEAR SHOUHSIEN

Shounslen, Feb. 18. A Japanese plane was brought down yesterday morning by Chin- ese machine-gun fire at Pelyen- chlao near Bhouhalen. The two Japanese airmen piloting it were both killed. The wreckage is being ment on the right side of the transported here.-(Central News): Feiping-Hankow Railway, which apparently aimed at capturing Kaffeng and cutting communica tions on the Lunghai Railway,

On the railway line the Chinese are throwing their full, efforts to halt the rapid Japanese adyance Chengchow, Feb., 18. at Hsinhsiang, 40 miles north of Honchow, Feb. 18,

Fengchiu, important town on the Chengchow, where bitter fighting and Hauancheng Before their retreat from, Ming- yesterday, it is learned from kwang on the Tientsin-Pukow nurth bank of the Yellow River, is now raging, whilst on the lett military, sources.

Railway, 105 kilometres north of in northern Honan, only 18 miles side of the railway the Chinese and are locked in gring Putow, the Japanese burnt down from. Kaifeng, has been recovered Japanese

struggle on high-levelled ground all the villages lying for about 12 by Chinese forces, miles on both sides of the railway. The recapture of the town, frus northeast of Hwelhsien-Central

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The Japanese are about one half Fanchang. Feb. 18. of this number. The battle area avold unnecessary losses is 580 square miles, embracing the from concentrated Japanese serial five foregoing provinces.-Interna- and .artillery bombardment. tional News).

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