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INTENSITY OF BORDER CLASH INCREASING Terrific Soviet Bombardments Of Japanese Lines
Infantry Battle All Through Night: Close Grips
(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT) Tokyo, To-day.
RAIDERS OVER BERLIN FEARS CANTON BUT DO RUSSO-JAPANESE NOT BOMB
(From Our Staff Representative)
Canton, To-day.
WAR LOOMING
London, To-day. The "Times" correspondent in
Canton's third air raid alarm was sounded at 12.10 p.m. and Berlin says that while it is earn- the urgent warning was given estly hoped in Berlin that the pre- sent incident will not develop Official information given out by the War Office ten minutes later.
Again the planes left the city into a serious Russian-Japanese spokesman this morning is to the effect that the
head for half hostilities in the Changkufeng area are in-alone, although they stayed over-struggle, there are evident signs creasing rapidly and dangerously in intensity and extent.
an hour, cruising of pessimism. around and creating high tension. Afterwards they went out to Saichuen and strafed this suburb,
Our Own Correspon-
700 CASUALTIES
dent.
The arrival of Marshal Bluecher, the Soviet Com-dropping twenty or more heavy
mander-in-Chief has been confirmed, and it is bombs. also reported that the strength of the Soviet forces has been increased to four divisions, with numerous heavy guns and tanks. An infantry engagement raged all through the night after an intense bombardment yesterday afternoon, but the Japanese claim that their
The Chinese officially estimate the casualties in the past two days' raids at 296 killed and 399 wounded. Some 340 houses were demolished.. Reuter.
lines were maintained in spite of severe ca- THREE AIRCRAFT sualties on both sides.
At dawn this morning, fighting, Reuter's' correspondent watched
It is reported that the arrival of General Bluecher upon the scene of operations is regarded as ominous and as a possible indica- tion that Stalin has made up his mind to engage Japan while she is still heavily committed in
Reuter.
China.
the new Air France link between Paris and Hong Kong, that they passed three Japanese aircraft- carriers when about 30 miles from Hong Kong. -----
The plane was flying at about. 10,000 feet and the vessels below
CARRIERS SIGHTED appeared to be stationary.
had been broken off at all points the Soviet bombardment yester- NEAR HONGKONG
except in the vicinity of 52-day afternoon. The shelling was
It was revealed when the large Metre Hill at Shatsaofeng, where almost as fierce as any witnessed Dewoitine plane arrived in Hong the Soviet were still attacking during the Great War. At one under cover of light field guns roint, high explosives were burst-Kong this morning, inaugurating and machine-guns, while the So-ing at the rate of four hundred viet troops at Changkufeng had shells per hour. The whole four closed in during the night to new miles of the Japanese front area
within hand was subjected to bombardment. positions almost grenade throwing distance of the Using only heavy explosives, the Soviet bombardment began Japanese lines.
on the Japanese left-flank near HOWITZER SHELLING Shatsaofeng. These positions At six a.m. to-day, the Soviet were steadily shelled until the opened up a terrific bombardment area was blotted out beneath a with eight-inch howitzers, to mass of smoke.
which Japanese artillery which
has been considerably reinforced
furiously replied. · A fierce battle tion "CAL POINT SHIFTS
the shelling of the posi had been going on for an
is now raging. Our Own Cor-hour, machinegun and rifle fire respondent.
Shanghai, To-day.
broke out in the vicinity of the
There were one or two other warships in the near vicinity, but they were so dwarfed by the size of the air craft-carriers that it was impossible to make out what type of vessels they were.
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Reuter's special correspondent flank and the bombardment Im- at Yuki, near the Soviet-Man-mediately shifted to this area.
Changkufeng village, situated churian border war zone, “says
in-on a lower slope of the -1,500 that fighting has seriously i creased in intensity during the feet high table-topped hills, be came the main objective. After past 24 hours.
the village had been reduced in Fires in Changkufeng Village masses of flames and smoke, the raged throughout most of last bombardment phifted to the night, being clearly visible for Tumen River Ferry crossing, ak many miles. -
400 SHELLS AN HOUR From shell ruined railway station, approximately two miles from the Japanese front lines,
though there were no signa • of troops attempting to cross from the Japanese side. The hilla were then next shølled,
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