Word: woosung
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...China realizes she must fight for herself now and she will stand firm and stop Japan's advances," declared Colonel H. H. Lin, heroic defender of China's Woosung forts during the fighting around Shanghai during February, 1932. In a special interview with the CRIMSON, Colonel Lin yesterday boldly stated that China will fight desperately for Manchuria...
...Japan promised to take the Woosung forts in 1932 in three hours, and she couldn't take them at all during her long attacks on Shanghai. Yet these forts were anciently equipped, poorly named, and in terrible want of men and ammunition. But just as the Japanese could not take those forts new, so their boast to take Jehol in 15 days will lead to the result that they will not conquer the province in 150 days...
Over what was left of the valiant Woosung forts hundreds of sweating Japanese soldiers crawled last week, dismantling the heavy siege guns to ship them proudly back to Japan, first tangible trophies of her bloody Shanghai invasion.* Japanese headquarters gave a novel explanation of the shipment: the guns were originally made in Japanese arsenals. They were being paid for on the instalment plan. China was remiss in her instalments therefore Japan, like any piano company, was repossessing her goods. Japanese authorities last week made amends for assaults on two U. S. citizens. The car of U. S. Trade Commissioner...
Chinese Retreat. Battered and bombed for over a month, China's antiquated Woosung Forts (16 miles from Shanghai) became one day last week the target for nine Japanese warships, scores of Japanese field pieces and dozens of Japanese bombing planes. A continuous bombardment and bombing was kept up until all Chinese holding the forts were extinct...
...From newspaper reports it is difficult to realize what is occurring in Shanghai district. Japan has at present three divisions of troops or about 5,000 men in the immediate vicinity. Since Japan has all rights between Shanghai and the Yangtze river where the Woosung forte are located they are occupying the entire river line to the north and east against a line of Chinese troops drawn up parallel to the river...