Eighty years on. 25th November 1939

Historical

In Britain, after attempts to protect wild-roaming New Forest ponies from traffic accidents in the blackout by painting them as zebras, they were rounded up and moved to safe pastures.

Game day 86. Japan

The Japanese made a determined assault to take Peking from the Chinese.  1^st Armoured Corps attacked from the north, while a battalion from 3^rd Infantry Corps attacked from the south.  The attack was supported by 2^nd Fighter Group flying in from the east.

The Chinese 2^nd Infantry Corps was wiped out and the 4^th Infantry Corps lost one battalion.  On the Chinese side 1^st Armoured Corps lost half its tanks and the 4^th Infantry Corps was eliminated.  No aircraft were shot down.  The Chinese held the city.