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The Nome Nugget
Nome, Nome County, Alaska
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Chinese forces resist Japanese advances in Honan province and along the Yangtze River, with floods halting Japanese progress near Kaifeng and a stalemate at Kiukiang where 25,000 Japanese troops are reportedly cut off.
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SHANGHAI, July 17, Summer rains, following close on the spring flood, caused a new menace in Honan province, as Japanese admitted that the thirty mile motor highway between Kaifeng and Laying had been washed out, halting the advance to the westward—from Kaifeng to Chengchow.
The Japanese offensive force, a long ways up the Yangtze has been stalemated at Kiukiang, despite heavy plane and artillery concentration.
Chinese claimed that twenty-five thousand Japanese had been cut off by a counter attack, eight miles east of Kiukiang. The Japanese admitted they had encountered stiff resistance on their march, in that quarter.
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Honan Province And Yangtze, China
Event Date
July 17
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japanese advance halted by floods; stalemated at kiukiang; chinese claim 25,000 japanese cut off
Event Details
Summer rains after spring floods washed out highway between Kaifeng and Laying in Honan, halting Japanese westward advance to Chengchow. Japanese offensive up the Yangtze stalemated at Kiukiang despite heavy air and artillery support. Chinese counterattack eight miles east of Kiukiang cut off 25,000 Japanese, who admitted stiff resistance.