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TIDE OF BATTLE AGAIN FAVOURING CHINA Japanese Forces At Lingyi In Retreat CRYPTIC DUCE Desperate Attempts ROUTINE RAIDS
To Break Cordon Collapse
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REFERENCE TO ANOTHER CAMPAIGN
Rome, To-day.
A mysterious reference to "an- ether campaign" is reported to have been made by Signor Mus- solini when he received a number of Senators in the Palazzo Vene- zia after his speech in the Senate yesterday.
Briefly addressing the Sena~ tors. Il Duce thanked them forl raising him to the rank of Mar-
shal of the Empire, and he is re-
ported to have added that this new appointment "increases my responsibility for a third great
Hankow, To-day.
ALL OVER KWANGTUNG
Canton, To-day.
contiqued Japanese planes.
The
The tide of battle on the Tientsin-Pukow Railway their routine raids all over front is again favouring the Chinese forces, ac- Kwangtung this morning, several cording to telephoned despatches from Gener-machines dropping heavy bombs in the countryside immediately al Li Tsung-jen, the latest stating that the Ja- north and east of Canton. panese forces in the Lingyi sector have now re- detonations were clearly audible
in Shameen. commenced a general withdrawal to the north, number of planes passed with the Chinese commanders, Gen. Pang Ping-of the city heading south, the ex- hsun and Gen. Chang Tze-chung, closely fol-plosions of anti-ai lowing the retiring Japanese.
dotting the sky on all sides.
In the past week planes appear to
mainly on the Railway in an
Along the Lincheng-Taierchwang railway, about 15,000 Japanese troops are encircled by Chinese.
victorious campaign of the Em-The
pire in which I shall lead you.”
The statement is not officially confirmed. Reuter.
PLEBISCITE CAMPAIGN
Berlin, To-day.
ende
shells
e Japanese
the despatch of supplies north
They have also been operating
Japanese made a desperate attempt late on close to Canton, although no bombs Tuesday night to break through the Chinese have been dropped on the city cordon, but failed.
Itself for several months past. Reuter-
Meanwhile, the Japanese forces troops in the city in great dis- at Lingyi launched a furious at order and heavily bombed the city. tack on Tuesday, and also early Japanese troops concentrations. The Chinese planes all return- yesterday morning, in order to Fires were seen blazing in the ed safely to their base - Beuter. form a junction with the Japan- ese entrapped in the vicinity of Taierchwang, but the Chinese forces beat back the enemy.
The Japanese forces at Tsining The campaign of speeches con-fare moving southward-on Lin- tinued Festerday. Herr Hitler cheng, and the Chinese are exe- spoke at Cologne, the Propaganda cuting a flanking movement în Minister, Dr. Joseph Goebbels, at order to prevent Japanese rein- Vienna, and Field-Marshal Goering forcements reaching Lincheng. in Carinthia
In addition to the National-So- cialist leaders, well-known figures in other walks of life are contributing their quota to the election campaign. Thus, Maxi Schmeling, the boxer, and Dr. Hugo Eckner, the Zeppelin expert, have both written letters to newspapers on the election.—Trans- Ocean.
FOOCHOW RAIDED
Shanghai, To-day. Foochow and several towns in Czekiang Province were raided by Japanese planes yesterday. The usual claim by the Japanese of destroying aerodromes and craft is made-Our Own pondent
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CAVALRY AT PINGYUAN
Late yesterday, an urgent tele- phone despatch from the front re- ported that one division of Chin- ese cavalry units had reached Pingyuan, between Tehchow and Tsinanfu
The Chinese forces are system- atically destroying railway and highway communications in the Japanese rear, thereby making it very difficult, for Japanese re inforcements and supplies to reach the fronts.
JAPANESE IN DISORDER
Chinese aviation headquarters in a communique issued last even- ing stated that Chinese planes.
when flying
Yihsien at 10 m yesterday saw Japanese
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