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NANLING RECAPTURED BY CHINESE TROOPS Japanese Reinforcements Are Steadily Held

-TUNKI, ANHWEI. April 29 (Central) After recapturing Nanling, 32 milles south-west of Wuhu in south Ashwel. Chinese forces are mopping up the remnant Japanese in the suburbs. In an attack on Tungstun. and Sanlitlen, south-west Nanling, during the weekend, they inflicted heavy casualties on the enemy and put the remnant to fight.

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Part of the fleeing Japanese, succeeding in joining forces with the reinforcements from Fanchang. have been attacked in the hilly regions near Chinghsien, south-east of Nanling.

Undefended Towns Are Raided

GERMAN METHODS OF WARFARE

LONDON, Apr. 29 (Reuter)-The Norwegian telegraph agency states that German bombers made a fresh wave of raids during the week-end.

The undefended town of Aale- sund was subjected to a terrific attack Instipg over two hours. Six planes crossed and recrossed the city. "dropping 300-pound bombs.

Many private houses were com plutely destroyed, and many others made uninhabitable. A large

The reinforced Japanese trom Welchin and Yingchiawel, who continued their push toward Tsingyang on April 26, are being engaged by the Chinese in the rough terrain near Tsingyang. Spirited fighting has been in cheng. has been retaken by the Church which had an enormous Shouyangkwan, Chinese, who are now vigorously cross clearly marked on the roof, south of Fengtai. on the north.tacking the enemy at Chishan-received a direct hit from a low- bank of the Hwa River in west tsun and Sihoti, south-west är flying plane. Anhwel, where the Chinese have Lingthwan. launched u drive against the

progress near

Japanese,

More than 200 casualties have been inflicted or the enemy who are reported to be steadily falling back. The Chinese are pressing toward Shou hsien, south of. Feng-i tal

COUNTER-OFFENSIVE

IN CENTRAL CHINA

CHUNGKING, Apr. 20 Central -Fighting in central China on the Hupeh, Hunan and Kiangst fronts was confined to localised operations during the weekend.

The

People in the streets Were machine gunned and Red Cross workers trying to rave the injured were forced to return to shelter

wing to machine-gun fire.

Molde was heavily bombed on Sunday.

counter-attack Japanese

trom Nanchang was resumed on CABLE

Saturday. Fighting raged in the vicinity of Fenghain where the entrenched Chinese forces Armly held their ground,

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NEWS

IN BRIEF

IN SHANSI ... LOYANG, Apr. 29 (Central)

PARIS, Apr 29 Reuter)—An official Chinese forces In the Chungtino

communique Issued on North of Fenghain, two fierce Sunday states that there is noth- Mountain regions in south Shansi. launched a general counter-offen- assaults

Chienchowhu were ing to report except some ar- sive on the Japanese on April 27, launched by the Japanese, sup-tillery fire and a local encounter and according to latest reports, ported by a dozen field pleces on west of the Vosges in the course they have made

and sweeping ad- Saturday

yesterday. The of which we inflicted losses on

vances.

Chinese positions were maintain the enemy. ed.

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Vientichen. Japanese stronghold near Maosingtu, has been re- JAPANESE UNIT "BAGGED"

PARIS, April 29 (Reuter)-AC- cupied. Prior to their retreat, On the south Hupeh. front, Chi-cording, to a Bucharest dispatch, the Japanese are reported to have heat forces successfully "bagged", armed guards at the Rumanian creminted some 700 of their deada Japanese unit advancing to at-oil wells have been increased and Several other points in the vicinity tack Klukungshan The invaders ordered to fire

stranger on any have also been recaptured by the were wiped out and their supplies unable to give a satisfactory ac- Chinese.

seized,

count of himself. From Sunday LUCHWANCHEŃ RE-TAKEN The Japanese naval offensive night. the Bucharest aerodrome After being reinforced with 5.000 from the Tungting. Lake was n

was guarded by troops. men, the "Japanese fiercely attack-complete fallure. scores of armed ri the Chinese positions near launches having been sunk by MADRID, April 20 (Reuter Maotsingtu on April 26. Japanese Chinese shores batteries, and by The death is announced of the and planes were brought yesterday was reduced to cruising celebrated Spanish painter. Hoa- runs into action. severely bombarding operations. The few Japanese quin Mir, aged 66. the Chinese lines. Desplie the troops that succeeded in landing overwhelming odds, the Chinese on the eastern bank of the lake

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BUCHAREST, Apr, 29 Reuter)

succceded in steadfastly holding; were mopped up by the Chinese. German military plane land- thetr ground.

On the Tungpeishan sector.ed at the aerodrome here on Sun-

In "south-cast Shansi; the Chinese forces have recaptured day morning": "Japanese...have also met with set- Tamizo and are" advancing

backs. Luchwanchen, near Tsin- steadily on Pingchingkwan.

Murder And Suicide Attempt Fails

JAPANESE PLANE BROUGHT DOWN FANCHENG April 29 (Central) -A Japanese bomber was hit by Chinese land forces in south Anhwel and crashed near Anking feld CHUNGKING. Apr. 29 (Central) on April 21 according to a -Angther puppet scandal was report. The plane, was wrecked and Calised in Shanghai by the suicide all three of the crew were killed. and murder attempt of the widow- ea daughter-in-law of Yen Chia- chih. Vice-Minister of Finance" of the puppet government, to erd her own life and that of her 3- year old daughter last Friday, according to a Shanghai message. Yen's daughter-in-law took a overdose of polsony and induced doctors. her daughter to take the same drug, but mother and daughter were both discovered and sent to hospital

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Yen's daughter-in-law, who st only 2. decided to end her ite because Yen suddenly stopped his monthly allowance to her. Re- peated requests for Yen to con- tinue his remittance were refused,

Cowardly Nazi War Tactics

WOMEN, CHILDREN

RED CROSS UNIT

LONDON. Apr. 29 (Reuter)

A Brish ambulance unit which was in Finland is now on its way to join the North-western Ex- peditionary Force in Norway.. It consists of 20 ambulance, and 80

GENERAL

Further Allied Troops Landed At Andalsnes

In Spite Of Heavy Air Attacks By Germans

LONDON, April 29. (Reuter) -A War Office communique states that further enemy attacks in Gudbrandsdal Valley have been repulsed.

Further disembarkations have been successfully carried out, despite enemy air attacks at Andalsnes and on the lines of communication,

There has been enemy air, ac- tion in Narvik, but this in no way Interfered with the Allied opera- tions.

Two points stand out in con- nection with this communique.

FAVOURABLE POSITION

Demarche To Berlin

REPORTED

SOVIET

ACTION

In the first place it shows that for the second day"in succession the Germans are being held up in the Gudbrandsdal Valley.

STOCKHOLM, Apr. 29 (Reuter)- Secondly, the continued land- According to the Telling corres- Ings a Andalsnes, which is co-pondent of the Aftonbladet, the nected

with the Gudbrandsdal Soviet Government has Valley by railway, means that the demarche to Berlin in regard to Allied forces there can be either the maintenance of Sweden's neu-"]

reinforced by rail or can fall back trality. to stronger and well-supported positions

made.. a

The correspondent adds that It

is not impossible that similar de- The railway branches at Dom-marches had been made to the baas where the line runs north to Allied, Powers. Trondheim. E'ghty Illes

along

A spokesman of the Soviet bassy stated last night that noth- ing is known in London of the above report.

NO CONFIRMATION LONDON, Apr. 29 (Reuter) ---

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the line is a junction at Storen. where a light railway runs down into Osterdal Valley.

GREAT STRATEGIC VALUË Both Dombaas, and Storen are neld by the Alles. Both are

NOTHING KNOWN LONDON, Apt. 19 (Reuter)- clearly of great strategic value:

The ne is reported be Nothing is known, in authoritative threatened by advance "German quarters in London up till late units which, the main body hav-last night of any Boviet demarche

In ing been help up Osterdal being delivered at the Foreign, Valley, were sent across the moun- Office. tain tracks to cut it.

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There has been no further news of the advance units but Paris messages state that Allied troops have arrived, at one station narth of Dombaas towards which the Germans are moving.

NAZIS "REINFORCED BERLIN, April 29 Reuter)-The

urficial

PARIS SILENT PARIS, April 29 (Reuter)— The Foreign Office informed Reuter that 1: WOS Impossible to confirm or deny the report of a demarche from Moscow.

German news agency Two

*C131m that "German

troops

operating near Trondheim have

Twe civilian passengers welcomed by a number of mans and the Rumanian Director Lof Civil Aviation.

were

received fresh reinforcements."

Ger-

It adds that "captured Norwc- gtan batteries have been made ready for action,"

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The plane left for Sofia after half an hour.

Rumanian offelal circles re- fused to comment, but according generally well-informed source, the plane. brought copies of the German White Paper con- talning "evidence" of Britain's intentions in Scandinavia

to

NEW C. - IN - C. FOR

CHINA STATION LONDON, April 29 (Reuter- Vice-Admiral Geoffrey Layton has appointed Commander-in- been Chlef of the China Station in sic- cession to Admiral Sir Percy Noble, to date. from July 10, 1940. Vice- Admiral Layton will assume com- mand about September 1, 1940.

ALLIED WAR MACHINE WORKING SMOOTHLY

Thousands Of Troops Move

Up To New Positions

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LONDON, April 29 (Reuter)—The Allled war machine is working smoothly and efficiently along the front north Trondheim, says Reuter's special correspondent with the Allled. Forces there. Already many thousands of British and French troops have safely disembarked at Namsos and have moved up silently to points of action around Steinkjer.

I was officially informed that the Allies were forced to abandon Steinkjer itself past week because the town was coin- pletely gutted by German incendiary bombs, but strong Bri- fish, French and Norwegian units are now in position, north of the towII,

AS "COVERS" LONDON, April 29 (Reuter)-A; Norwegian High Command com- munique says that during the fighting on the Narvik Front on Thursday. the Germans, in a counter-attack, forced civilians Journey from the Swedish Frun-

The correspondent, who reached Many French Alpine troop were the North Trondheim region after on skis.

most hazardous thirty-six hour

POSITION BETTER

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Two Danger Zones

GERMAN SHIPPING IS WARNED

LONDON. April 19

(Reuter)-

The Berlin radio last night warn- ed all German shipping that the two large areas off the Estonian PARIS, "Apr 29 (Havas)-The Coast, in the Gulf of Finland, are zupes, Minister for Colonies has sub-to be regarded as danger mitted to the President of the which German shipping must not Republic a decree, creating in enter

Hung), an institute of High Social The first zone, running about and Juridical Studies in the Far twenty miles from the west to East. The Indo-Chinese Univer- the east, and an average of eight sity has been in existence since, miles from north to south, Lies 1931 comprising, a medicle facul- directly outside the Estonian port ty and a law faculty.

of Baltiski which Russia leased

The new institute would have from Estonia under the Mutual to be attached to the Hanoi Law Assistance Fact Signed by the ta Faculty, but placed under the countries a few months ago. patronage of the Paris LAW The second zone, which is about Faculty. and will undertake six miles from west to east, and special study of law and institutwelve miles from north to south, tions of the proper Astatic coun- is situated just east of Kolko 'Bay, triea

and nearly opposite Helsingfors

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He interviewed General Carton Including women and children, to tier. by a horse-drawn sledge over de Wiart in the British Headquar march in front in order to cover the mountains and frozen lakes of tera id a little Norwegian cottage their advance thus some of our Central Norway, relates the story and the General said the position advance posts were forced to sur-or the capture of a crew of three is now much better as the men render. The soldiers who surren- a German "bomber. forced to were, ecttling down and happy in dered were afterwards used as a land on Lake Imminghem by their new environment. Reinforce 27 Hints cover by Germans in the same three Norweg'an peasants and aments were arriving in good num-

30′ Confustor Customs official. to whom the bers and the, German air attacks 31 Big Germans politely

greatly diminished surrendered, "had

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interest while concealed peasants covered Allied anti-aircraft defences" and 22 Last the airmen with rifles.

fighter planes had come into ac

33 Payments tion in the war zone.

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Way,

"After the first consternation, Our troops continued fighting bravely causing the enemy heavy losses."

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The Germans abandoned Lap The correspondent also tells of Namsos itself for four days al phaugen and withdrew to Oratans-seeing a low-flying German though on one occasion German botten.

bomber bombing a railway station planes came over on reconnals- The communique continued that and machine-gunning British sance flight at a great height. the Norwegians took some war detachment, but describes ail the General Carton de Wiart said that material, and the Norwegian air British and French troops he had two German bombers had already force bombed and machine-gun-encountered as well-armed," well-been brought down by British ned some German detachments. equiped, confident and cheerful. fighters near Namsos

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