THE CHINA MAIL, AUGUST 9, 1988.
POLITICAL SLAYING ALLEGED
Prague, To-day..
A Sudeten-German Henleinist is reported to have been killed by 1 Sudeten German Democrat after a political discussion in the town of Bohemia.-Reuter.
YESTERDAY'S TRAGEDY IN
CHINESE FOLLOW UP SUCCESSES ON NORTH BANK OF YANGTSE
Hankow, To-day.
Following up their initial suc- cesses, Chinese troops on the north bank of the Yangtze River have now recaptured Lion Hill, and are closing in on Huangmei, according to military advices.
Another Chinese force operat- Jing in the Taihu sector has re- occupied Szechangchien, Lung- shankung and Chiutoushan, three
R.C. CATHEDRAL heights of strategic importance,
BOMBING
(From Our Staff Representative)
Canton, Last Night.
and is now attacking Taihu from the-south.
Japanese reinforcements dispatch- ed from Taihu to Huangmei were intercepted by Chinese forces at ing midway between the two cities. Hualiangting and Chuchiachiao, ly- Japanese troops were also rushed Taking shelter in what they from Kiukiang to relieve their com regarded as sanctuary in the rades hard-pressed at grounds of the Roman Catholic Six hundred landed Cathedral, which is clearly mark opposite Kiukiang, and advanced as ed by a huge French flag on the far as Kunglungchen, roof, Canton civilians suffered Huangmei, where they were check- nearly 100 casualties when three ed.
Huangmei. at Chihkow,
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bombs burst within twenty Japanese warships concentrated yards in the square in front,
at Hauchiawan, bombarded turning the Cathedral grounds machine-gunned the Chinese posi- into horrifying spectacle, pepper-
tions on the north bank yesterday ing the front of the Cathedral afternoon. with steel and stopping clock at 3.05 p.m.
KIUKIẠNG FRONT-
Fighting on the Kiukiang front yesterday was not severe. There The interior of the Cathedral was comparative quiet in the Kul- presented a tragic sight of des- ing sector, but clashes took place truction. Not one pane of invalu-around Shaho. able stained glasswindows remain Several villages southwest of intact. The floor is littered with Shaho were conceded after a three glass. All the chapels were hours" bombardment. Tatienshan, ruined. The alcoves are littered a strategic height in the vicinity of with the debris of broken cruci- Shaho, was also taken by the Ja- fixes, flowers, candles, etc.
The grotto containing the statue of the Virgin Mary was riddled with bomb splinters.
The first Red Cross workers to enter the Cathedral after the bom- bing found a woman inside who had been making her devotion, pletely mad.
TRAGIC SIGHT
com-
The government offices area re- ceived the full brunt, more than twenty bombs creating the worst havoc since air raids started Can
ton.
Four hours after the bombing, rescue workers were still digging frantically under the wreckage for survivors, some of whom I saw pinned under masses concrete and still moaning feebly, One woman, with a large lump of concrete across her legs was being given tea by Red Cross workers.
The total casualties in to-day's raid is conservatively estimated at 121 dead and missing and 160 wounded Our Own Correspon- dent.
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panese in the morning. But the Chinese recaptured part of it in a counter-attack in the afternoon. Central News.
NEW MEDAL FOR N.W. FRONTIER
London, To-day.
A special Army Order announces that the King has approved a new medal.being struck to commemor ate military operations in or on the frontier of India in lieu of the medal instituted under an Army Order of 1909.-British Wireless,
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