Yingshan

Proper noun

Yingshan

1. A county of Huanggang, Hubei, China.
   • Extending their gains in a May offensive against Chinese troops. in the hilly “regions of north-eastern Hupeh, Japanese forces yesterday made a surprise attack on a Chinese base at the foot of a mountain north-west of Yingshan and captured it after a brief clash.1939 May 10, “Fighting Round Yingshan”, in North-China Herald, volume CCXI, number 3744, Shanghai, →OCLC, page 228
   • In the northern part of the province, Changshengkwan and Huayuan, north of Hankow, were recaptured by the Chinese, followed by the defeat of the Japanese near Yingshan and the Chinese attack on Macheng.
   • [...]The invaders' base at Sinyang received reinforcements from Yingshan, north Hupeh, but that failed to prevent the fall of Changtaikwan, and Sinyang itself from being twice raided by the Chinese.1940 January, Lin Yu, “The "China Incident"”, in Philippine Magazine, volume XXXVII, number 1 (381), page 22