Word: kiangyin
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...fire. In London, the Admiralty received a message from the Amethyst: "Am under heavy fire and hit." Ten minutes later she messaged: "Still under heavy fire." At midnight the moon set, giving the Amethyst an advantage of 7¼ hours of darkness. About 1 a.m., Communist batteries at the Kiangyin forts opened up on the Amethyst. Kiangyin was the critical point. To get past, the Amethyst had to crash a blockading boom across the river. Once more she messaged: "Under heavy fire nearing the boom...
...sides of Nanking. One field army under General Chen Keng took Tikang, 80 miles southwest and upriver from the Nationalist capital. Other forces under General Chen Yi poured across 35 and 65 miles east and downriver from Nanking, snatched the river port of Chinkiang and the river fort at Kiangyin, whose big guns were silent...
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