Meanings
- alternativehistoricalobsoleteAlternative form of Enshi.
Not long after this encounter some Chinese guerrillas contacted Clark, fed him, and escorted him to Enshih. He arrived on June 20 and put a call through to the 76th.
1994, Carl Molesworth, Sharks Over China: The 23rd Fighter Group in World War II, Brassey's, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 1182 more examples
The ruthless and indiscriminate bombings of the defenseless cities in southwest Hupeh has called for extra efforts in the way of extending relief. For a time Rev. Meyer operated a relief camp for some 60 refugee children. After the bombing of Enshih and Laifeng in Hupeh and Wkeifu in Szechaun ^([sic – meaning Szechuan]) relief was extended to thousands of destitute Chinese with monies received from the American relief fund for China.
1942, “REV. HERBERT MEYER, CHINESE MISSIONARY, ASSUMES DUTIES OF PASTOR OF LUTHERAN CHURCH”, in Petaluma Argus-Courier, Petaluma, California, →OCLC, page 2In accord with this estimate of the situation the Generalissimo ordered General Chen to leave Yunnan and return to his VI War Area near Enshih, diverted 70,000 replacements and two armies from the Y-Force, opened all Chinese Air Force supply stocks to the Fourteenth Air Force, and demanded an immediate major air effort to halt the Japanese.
1953, Charles F. Romanus, Riley Sunderland, Stilwell's Mission to China, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 335
Origin
- Mandarin恩施
- EnglishEnshih
The Postal Map romanization of Mandarin 恩施 (Ēnshī).
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