After a week of steady fighting, in which the Chinese have withstood fierce assaults and terrific bombardments, the Japanese claim to have captured Woosung, at the mouth of the Whangpoo River, on which Shanghai is situated. ...
Article : 780 wordsHELPLESS VICTIMS OF WAR.—A tragic sidelight on the hostilities in China is presented by this group of women and children who have been rendered homeless and destitute as a result of the bombardment of North Shanghai by the Japanese. Thousands of other such women and children have suffered a similar fate and many have been killed and wounded by shells and bombs. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
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Article : 167 wordsThe Chinese Foreign Office at Nanking has issued a statement in which it apologises for the bombing of the United States liner President Roosevelt (21,936 ...
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Article : 388 wordsBrigadier-General F. P. Cro[?]ier died to-day. He had been ill for several weeks. Public attention was focussed on Brigadier-General Crozier at the beginning of ...
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The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), Wed 1 Sep 1937, Page 13
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