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Antung

American  
[ahn-doong, an-toong] / ˈɑnˈdʊŋ, ænˈtʊŋ /

noun

Wade-Giles.
  1. former name of Dandong.

  2. a former province of China, in Manchuria.


Antung British  
/ ˈænˈtʊŋ /

noun

  1. a variant transliteration of the Chinese name for Andong

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Last week eight Sabres from a South Korean base were jumped by 15 or 16 MIGs over open water some 40 or 50 miles southwest of Antung.

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Strategically, the fall of Antung was a greater blow to the Communists than Kalgan, where they had lost land communications between Yenan and their Manchurian headquarters, Harbin.

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Even so, every once in a while, a special flight of red-nosed MIGs scrambles up from Antung across the Yalu.

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The Russians gave due warning that, elsewhere in southern Manchuria, presumably at Hulutao and Antung, Chinese Reds might not be so agreeable.

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Meanwhile, the Japanese guards' division had crossed on the left and directed its march upon Antung, while the remaining division had completely turned the Russian left flank.

From A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era by Brinkley, F. (Frank)