THE CHINA MAIL,
R14 1937.
BOCCA TIGRIS ATTACKED
Five Japanese Warships In Dawn Bombardment
MEXICAN OIL STRIKE
fexico City-To-day
The President of Mexico yes terday declared that the strike, in the oil fields of Porto Rico, which is affecting supplies for Mexico City, must be settled Gre
The strike has now been going on for fifty days-Renter
BANDIT GUERILLAS NEAR PEIPING
PEIPING, TO-DAY.
TROOPS ARE ROAMING THE
TWO REPORTED DAMAGED
IN PLANE REPRISAL
AN HOUR'S BATTLE
BEFORE SHIPS RETIRE
Canton, To-day.
The first Japanese attack from the sea on Bocca Tigris Forts, half way between Hong Kong and Canton, was carried out this morning.
Five Japanese warships took part in the bom- bardment, which lasted an hour.
The first shells were fired at 5 o'clock and it was AT LEAST 1,000 GUERILLA not until 6 o'clock that the warships withdrew. WESTERN HILLS UNDER THE The forts returned the fire, while at the same COMMAND or THE WELL time planes of the Canton Air Force hopped off and
bombed the warships.
KNOWN BANDET CHIEFTAIN, LIU KWELTANG.
BANDITS.
MANY OF
THEM ARE PROFESSIONAL The planes returned to the city at 6.50 a.m., claiming to have damaged two Japanese warships. Details are not at present ascertainable but from preliminary reports of the engagement it is
Six foreigners, including a Net herlands priest, Father Willins, and
five Marist brothers, are still in the
VIOLENT
GALE SWEEPS CANADA
Ottawa, To-day. Eastern Canada was visited yes- terday by the worst gale in many
years.
A number of vessels were stranded and destroyed, while în Nova Scotia the apple crop was damaged.
In Toronto a thousand homes suffered damage, while the Cana- dian National Exhibition was also affected-Reuter.
AIR RAIDERS DRIVEN OFF
A Few Bombs Dropped On Bocca Tigris
Canton, To-day. Nine Japanese bombers flew to
hands of the guerillas somewhere understood that damage to the forts was only very ward the Bocca Tigris Forts from
to the west of Peiping.
Four others, including an Irish
priest, Father L. F. Fehily, were re leased ten days ago.
A・ detachment of Japanese| troops is keeping in touch with the captors but hitherto has refrained
from attacking them pending the ations for release
outcome of the
Reuter
NEW OFFENSIVE IMMINENT
Perping, To-day.
With the approach. of dry weather the Japanese are pre paring a new offensive in Hopei along a line westward of the Pinghan Railway.
Large quantities of ammuni- tion and other supplies are be ing concentrated on the north- east bank of the Han River opposite the Chinese positions
miles south of Peiping- Hundreds of pontoons are being built in readiness to at tempt to cross the river, which the Chinese are expected vigo- rously to oppose, since success of the operations would end
ger the Chinese defences on the Five thousand cavalry and 2,000 other troops encamped at Peiping, moved to the new front last night.-Reuter.
Pinghan Railway.
DOG BITE
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slight. — Reuter.
TWO DIRECT HITS
the Fukien border early this morn- ing, but they were met and driven off by a squadron of Chinese pur- snit planes. They managed to drop- several bombs in the vicinity of the
A few foreigners and Chinese declare they Fort area Hua Nan distinctly heard the gun fire this morning, but the majority of the populace was gradually awakening when the Bocca Tigris battle raged and were un- aware of the occurrence until an hour or so later.
Details are still scant, but Admiral Chan Chak, who is in charge of the forts, telephoned Canton that one Japanese cruiser and four destroyers par- ticipated in the bombardment, to which the Forts instantly replied and Chinese planes soared into the air.
WARSHIP BADLY DAMAGED
Chinese Planes Visit To Kwangchowwan
Canton, To-day.
It is officially confirmed that a number of Chinese planes flew to Kwangchowwan yesterday morn- ing and carried out a successful ing outside Kwangchowwan. One
The planes later reported that Chinese shells raid on the Japanese warships 15- landed on the waterfront beyond the warships and then suddenly registered two direct hits.
The Admiral adds that damage to the Forts was negligible.-Reuter.
OFFICIAL REPORT
Canton, 11.20 a.m., To-day. A reliable official source reporting on the Jap- anese naval attack on the Bocca Tigris Forts at dawn this morning, states that after the engage- ment, the five Japanese warships departed down river.
One of them was damaged by a shell which struck the bridge.
of the warships was set on fire "and was in a sinking condition ac-
air raiders.-Hua Nan
cording to a report by the Chinese
TURNED OVER AND SANK
Nanking Report On Kwangchow Air Raid
London, To-day.
The Chinese air force has sunk
a Japanese destroyer in the outer
harbour of Kwangchow Bay-
This is the claim published in Nanking, where air force headquar Another had been hit by a bomb and appear-ters declare that Chinese bombers
from
ed to be badly damaged. She was emitting large scored five
Canton yesterday morning
volumes of smoke.
destroyer.
over and sank
direct hits. on the
The forts were not hit during the bombard-The destroyer imme 294 ment but three shells fell just short. No Japanese sent to aeroplanes took part in the operations. Reuter.
Boar
Ching Mui, admitted to the
and hands
Queen Mary Hospital suffering from
injuries to
SHAPOO SHELLED jed up heavy bomb ent on, the
Little Damage Done
Foochow
It is officially announced that imber of Japanese warships
Chinese
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