THE CHINA MAIL, NOVEMBER 11, 1987
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CHINESE ASTRIDE NEW SHANGHAILINE
Japanese Forces From South Now In Contact NANTAO UNDER HEAVY GUN CURFEW
AND BOMBING ATTACK
FURTHER RETREAT JAPANESE MOVE
ENVISAGED
Shanghai, To-day.
AGAINST
Japanese columns advancing from the north HANGCHOW
and south have now formed a junction, giving the Japanese for the first time a line stretching from the Yangtse to Hangchow Bay.
The Chinese forces to the south of Soochow Creek have fallen back still further, with the re- sult that their line is now pivoted on Tsingpu, 20 miles west-south-west of Shanghai, from which it runs to Liubo via Hwangtu and Nanhsiang (Hwangtu railway station is three miles N.E. of Hwangfu and four miles east of Nanhsiang).·
Although the Japanese are meeting with hard resistance from the Chinese left flank, Chinese withdrawal to a bigger line stretching from Ka- shing to Changshu via Soochow, is regarded as the next big move, though when it will come is difficult to predict Reuter.
SHELLS SCREAM OVER FOREIGN AREAS
Shanghai, To-day.
ter a might marked by inter- mittent exchange of fire with the
NANTAO AS NEW CHAPEL
Shanghai, To-day
Shanghai, To-day. Japanese made an- other successful landing at Hangchow Bay yesterday, this time on the southern side of the Bay at Kwan- heiwei.
Forty Japanese
REIMPOSED
Jerusalem, "To-dđày
Curfew has been reimposed in the old city of Jerusalem follow. ing outrages in which one Arab was shot dead and mårab sherk and a Jewish labourer seriously wounded-Reuter.
REXISTS TO
RISE IN BELGIUM?
Brussels, To-day.
transports are M. Paul Spaak has definitely now anchored in the Bay, with an failed to form a Cabinet, and at festimated capacity of two army di-a late hour last night, King Le
visions, half of which have been pold granted his request to be re- landed so far.
The landing presents threat to the Hangchow-Ning- at present almost the -only communication between
Shanghai and Nanking.
hieved of his task
M. Spaak's failure is said to due to opposition within the Ca- tholic Party.
After M. Pierlot, who had also failed to form a Cabinet, had given to understand that he was not pre- pared to co-operate with M. Spaa
The new landing place is almost the Catholics determined not directly opposite the spot where
the first landing took place on the north shore of the Bay.
Join the Socialists.
The Fascist party of Leon - De- grelle n
the saya a press port, adding It is taken for granted that the Degrelle has been in touch
Catholic and Conservativ
Trans-Ocean.
Nantao was turned into a second Chapel yesterday afternoon when Japanese will attempt to Japanese shells and bombs rained Hangchow-Trans-Ocean. down into the area, starting many fires and spreading a pall of smoke over the sky.
The Japanese infantry have so far made no serious attempt to Chinese forces in Nantao and Chin-capture Nantao, and it is obvious- ly the Japanese intention to make ese sumpers in Pooting, the the area untenable by intensive Japanese resumed bombardment of bombardment. -Trans-Ocean.
Nantao at dawn, when batteries
med up and planes bombed the Chimese positions.
FEW LOSSES
London, To-day. Several Shanghai correspondents Meanwhile, it is reported that report that about 500 Chinese sol- 18,000 Japanese troops, including diers have left Nantao for the cavalry, are moving from Chapel French Concession, where they
have been interned. to Nantao for a determined attack
Although Nantao has suffered on the city.
Japanese bombard- The whole of the Settlement and greatly from the French Concession at presentment and bombing, the Chinese troops there are reported to have
is echoing the intensive bombard-suffered comparatively small losses. ment of the area, in which two Japanese warships anchored near the boom across the Whangpoo, are
occasionally joining.
SCREAMING OVER
ITTERMENT
tanowitzer shells:
ning in the con-
Japanese inten
defenders
render
Trans-Ocean.
JAPAN LIKELY TO RECOGNISE FRANCO
Salamanca, To-day,
shortly be
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