Word: langson
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...with unoccupied France, were to be permitted to man three Indo-Chinese air bases, Chinese sources reported last week that 38,000 Japanese troops with 60 tanks had landed at Haiphong. Instead of withdrawing, the 20,000 Japanese who "by mistake" had invaded the colony near Dong Dang and Langson the week before, were advancing on Hanoi, the capital. One of the first big grabs by the invading Japanese was 1,000 U. S.-made motor trucks at Haiphong. Other characteristic acts included humiliating white Europeans in front of Orientals by accosting them at every turn, demanding to see their...
...Langson, in violation of the agreement, Japanese forces crossed the Chinese frontier and attacked the garrison. Ordered to withhold fire, the 6,000 French Foreign Legionnaires and native troops had permitted themselves to be surrounded by the Japanese, who then attacked from all sides. One thousand were killed or wounded, 2,000, including a brigadier general, were taken prisoner and 3,000 escaped by fleeing unarmed into the jungle. Pro-Japanese guerrilla bands were reported to have recaptured 30 Frenchmen and killed them slowly. "The Japanese herded us together like cattle," reported an escaped Legionnaire. "Some had cover but most...
...amiable penetration continued with new attacks in the north, which reached and passed the important railroad terminal of Langson, and with a bombing near Haiphong which killed 15 civilians and which the Japanese regretted extremely-for it was, they said, "an accident...
HANOI, Indo-China--French forces defending Langson, important railroad center 82 miles northeast of here, were forced to withdraw from the city late today when attacking Japanese troops of the South China army encircled their positions...
Heavy fighting had raged all day along a 50-mile front, centering on Langson. Casualties were reported heavy among the attacking Japanese, as the French poured artillery and machine-gun fire into their advancing columns form fortified positions...