Matsus

English Proper noun en proper noun form en Matsu en September 30, 1954 Nationalist Forces Rout 40 Red Boats w:The Washington Post and Times Herald https://archive.org/details/per_washington-post_1954-09-30_299/ 77 299 0190-8286 2269358 4 https://archive.org/details/per_washington-post_1954-09-30_299/page/n3/ 2 A Defense Ministry communique said 40 Communist craft were sighted Tuesday off Peikantang, a tiny island in the Matsu group, but fled when the island's guns opened fire. The Matsus are off the Red port of Foochow, opposite the northern tip of Formosa. en December 31, 1955 Chiang Says Time Near For Mainland Uprising w:The Christian Science Monitor Atlantic 48 31 https://archive.org/details/per_christian-science-monitor_1955-12-31_48_31/ Boston Associated Press, Taipei, Formosa 0882-7729 10969332 4 https://archive.org/details/per_christian-science-monitor_1955-12-31_48_31/page/n3/ 5 Another possibility is an assault on the two Paichuan islands in the Matsus. Less than a square mile in area, they are too war—11 miles south — from Matsu for artillery support or quick reinforcement. en 1961 May Formosa The British Survey https://archive.org/details/formosa146unse/ 146 London British Society for International Understanding 859591674 16 https://archive.org/details/formosa146unse/page/16/ The Matsus are a group of small rocky islets, but are of use as part of a defence warning system. en 1962 DeWitt S. Copp The Mudcats The Odd Day https://archive.org/details/oddday00copp w:William Morrow and Company 62-15763 923610553 60 https://archive.org/details/oddday00copp/page/60/ The one landing strip in the Matsus, and good for light aircraft only, was on the second largest island, Peikan. Between Nankan and Peikan lay the Matsu Straits, a twisted riptide-torn channel, boasting freak winds and bouldered shores. en 1963 w:Dwight Eisenhower Mandate for Change 1953-1956 https://archive.org/details/mandateforchange00eise/ Garden City, New York w:Doubleday & Company 63-18447 64309101 461 https://archive.org/details/mandateforchange00eise/page/461/ The nineteen rocky, treeless Matsus, covering twelve square miles, blocked the port of Foochow on the Chinese mainland, just ten miles away, while the Quemoys, covering sixty square miles of land which supported several thousand farmers and fishermen, blocked the port of Amoy, only two miles away. en NOV. 5, 2021 David Lague; Maryanne Murray T-DAY: The Battle for Taiwan https://web.archive.org/web/20211105121638/https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/taiwan-china-wargames/ 05 November 2021 w:Reuters The Matsus are home to about 13,500 people. The chain of small islands and islets hugs the Chinese coast, lying about nine kilometers from the shores of China’s Fujian Province at the closest point. Communist authorities have always regarded the Matsus as part of China’s Lianjiang County. en Anagrams en amsstu Mausts