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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
February 26, 1940.
RAGES Britain-Japan
FIGHTING RAGES IN S. KWANGSI
HEAVY fighting continued unabated on the south P.M.Kwangsi front during the week-end as the Japanese rushed reinforcements to maintain their footholds along the Yanchow-Nanning highway, states a “Central News" message from Kweilin this morning.
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South of Nanning, Chinese guerillas have increased their sabotage activities to help the regular's operations in the 30. mile stretch of the highway between Tating and Slutunghu, just across the Kwangtung border.
nre
Settlement Of Tientsin Silver Issue
London, Feb, 25. the Foreign Ofice declares there is A special commentary issued by no truth in the recent Domel report
trom London, published in the For East to the effect that "it reliably understood" that Lord Hellfax in- dented to the Japanese Ambassador on February 20 that the British Gov- as virtually settled, and intimated crnment regard the sliver question
that General Chiang Kai-shek has of the silver to a neutral bank. ussented to a plan for the transferring
The same report attributes to Lord Halifax the further statement that A message from Chengehow states restrictions on exports to Japan of Dritain, is prepared to alleviate the that Chinese units penetrated Jato much commodities as Australian wool Tsinotso, an Important mining town and other Empire products no long on the Tankow-Chinghwa Rallway as the British war alms are not ham- cast of Po Al in North Honan lastpered and other neutrals are not Wednesday. Covering the infantry, enabled to demand similar treatment. Chinese artillery heavily pounded the
The Foreign Offee state that this town, scoring direct hits on Jpanese also is entirely untrue.-Reuter, ammunition dumps and setting them' afire.
It is claimed that Chinese forces, slen, und that on the Fenglingtu see are now in complete control of all tor in south-west Shanal, they Important points on this section.
exerting increasing pressure on the Wulang, some 15 miles north-east | Invaders. of
In the highway to Nanning
Pin- yang.
was the scene of a sanguinary battle throughout Saturday, The Japanese Command used 2,000 Infantry, a dozen tanks, heavy bat teries and nine planes to storm the Chinese stronghold, but the Chinese- resistance held firm.
The Japanese, it is alleged, lost eight armoured cars and two field pieces, besides auslaining 1,000 casual- Lies.
Fanchang Rotaken
On the Central Front, Funchang, on the south bank of the Yangtze River,
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Langki, in east Anhwei neur the south Kiangsu border, has also been re-occupied by The Chinese. The town was lost to the Japanese Thursday.
LONDON, Feb. 25 (UP).-A On the following day, the Chinese sensational plane crash to-day launched a counter-offensive and resulted in the denth of the succeeded in re-entering it. The pilot, set fire to three houses and Japanese retreated in northerly direction, receiving repeated blows transformed a suburban street from Chinese mobile units lying in into a sea of blazing petrol. ambush on the way.
It has not been divulged whether On the Northern Front, Japaneseit crashed within a few moments of the plane was a civil or military unit. forces based at Hsinhsien, Wensi and hopping off from Croydou Any have launched repeated offen-last night,
airport sives on
Chinese positions in Chungtiao Mountain range in South Shansi In the past week,
Northern Front Activity
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It struck the roof of one house, which immediately became ablaze.
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last have been sent to hospital with Wednesday when 4,000 Japanese en-serious injuries. countered staunch Chinese resistance.
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Amesbury is, there was in the 1815 Great though the historie and pre- historic
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the significance of what Canon Rawnsley called "the sacred rampari of Salisbury Plain," expressed by
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