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Word: tengchow (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1929-1929
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...Subsequent despatches reported quaintly that "the Nationalist forces are holding their own but are not advancing at present for geographical reasons." Startling was a Japanese despatch from Hankow reporting a great "People's Army" victory in Honan Province, and streams of wounded Nationalists pouring into the city of Tengchow "the majority suffering from sword and bayonet wounds, indicating that the People's Army were engaging in hand to hand combat, to conserve ammunition...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CHINA: Geographical Reasons | 11/11/1929 | See Source »

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