Salt Lake Telegram | 1945-06-06 | Page 1 | Chinese Report Liuchow Taken

inese port Re Li chow w Taken T ke June 6 UP UP- UP Chinese se troops hav nave recaptured former American al alb air air- b base e which h w was overrun by y a a. Japan Japanese Jap Jap- an anese se drive Into central province r Vince last last- November a front- front frontline line Une dispatch said W Wednesday Although the dis dispatch atch was not confirmed officially last c Jq cis had reported Chin Chinese ae columns columns columns col col- col- col closing osing in on the city miles miles' so southeast the of fro from the B southeast west an annor and nor north h i Capture of would Indicate Indicate in indicate In- In an early collapse of the e entire entire en en- tire Japanese hold in province It was the last major enemy stronghold before Kwei- Kwei lin Ha another former American airbase airbase airbase air- air base 90 miles mUes to the northeast t. t In Bomber Range RaDle With again in Chinese hands Canton anton and Hong Kong t to the southeast and a n Japanese base miles northeast north north- ea east t of would be brought within range of allied fighters and medium bombers junction of two main railways and and the Indo c highway way fell teU t to th the Jap Jap- Z i anese last Nov November in a three pronged offensive launched from fr m the Canton area ren X 4 telegram f from m the e province governor said wd id Chinese troops had entered com communications cOrn coin 1 ruI c cent center nt i on n ui the tho w West st miles from W Cho n miles les southeast of Li W. W Prepare par to Withdrew Japanese troops were reported preparing to to evacuate v whose loss would sever their com com- peninsula peninsula pen pen- pen Insul to the south Headquarters aimo announced ced that at planes of ot the Chinese Chinse se air force attacked airdromes airdrome at t ITu Tuesday day and and strafed more moM th than n enemy ju enemy junks ks in the section above th the city Four our transports and 20 steam launches laun hes' hes were damaged The Chinese airmen carried out other attacks attack on On rail lines Unes am and gun gu emplacements in Hunan prey prey- ince lace Flying support for tor Chinese ground forces on the Honan front they killed more more than t. t an Japanese Japanese Japa Japs- nese and set fire to elg eight t. t villages behind U the Japan Japanese e lines linea 1 I L r r. r 9 0 i- i Ii f