Of China's 4,480,992 square miles, Japanese forces held: This week: 629,147 Week ago: 625,272 Month ago: 614,725 Year ago: 500,000
Through to the outside world last week came a vivid delayed cable recently sent by United Pressman Jack Belden, whose tough job was to cover the headlong Chinese flight from Taiyuan in the North: ''Scenes of horror marked the retreat of the Chinese, including former Communist corps. Screaming and running like maniacs, [were] soldiers whose skin had been burned from their hands and face, splashed by sulphur bombs.
"Speeding military trucks added to the...
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