erhtan

name

1. (alt-of, alternative)Alternative form of Erdan.

   “The Nationalist Chinese Defense Ministry reported that Communists on Chingyu Islet fired 37 shells at Erhtan Islet, 2½ miles south of Amoy, but without effect.”

   “Little Quemoy is a mountain of tunneled rock between the larger island and the mainland. Chief among the outer defenses of these two are the tiny Tan Islands—Tatan, Erhtan and a still-smaller islet. Control of the Tans, which may be the Chinese Reds first objective, would give them a means of tightening the blockade of the Quemoys still further.”

   “Tatan and Erhtan, two rocky outposts of Kinmen, are some nine miles southwest of Kinmen and within yelling distance of the Communist-held mainland.[…] The story is at once thrilling and heart warming. Organized into teams of three men each, the unsung heroes would launch their supply-ladden small motorboat in the darkness of night and sail stealthily to the brink of the death trap, the surrounding waters of Tatan and Erhtan.”

   “On Erhtan island, two hundred feet above the dark waters of Amoy's outer bay, Company Commander Captain Chun Hua Tang stood listening to the same sound that had stopped the fisherman Go-sze Yuan in his escape attempt.”

   “Tatan and Erhtan are two small islands in the sea southwest of Kinmen.[…]A contingent of some 30 Communist troops tried to land at Erhtan, but were disarmed by Government defenders.”