Word: kiangwan
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Dates: during 1932-1932
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...conquer was the Woosung Forts 16 miles from Shanghai; the Chinese district in Shanghai called Chapei; and the land between Shanghai and Woosung. Most spectacular feature of this intermediate terrain last week was Shanghai's $1,000,000 race course. It adjoined the town and railway station of Kiangwan...
General Uyeda at 7:30 a. m. launched his military attack, striking straight for the race course, and expecting to occupy Kiangwan (just beyond) within two hours. Advancing in skirmish formation, the Japanese soldiers prudently took cover behind each tree or hummock before advancing to the next, and ahead of them a Japanese barrage of overwhelming power advanced, blowing the Chinese out of their trenches. Thus there was very little bayonet work...
Japanese troops, again advancing (for the fourth time) upon Kiangwan, were held at bay by concealed nests of Chinese machine gunners. Like a lead pipe whanged against something harder, the Japanese line bent partly around Kiangwan...