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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1988
CHINESE REARGUARD
MAIL REPORTER TOURS CHINESE TERRITORY
(By A Staff Reporter)
I have just returned to the New Territories after a long trek in Chinese territory which has finally disposed of the rumours of Japan- ese military activity in the Po On
region.
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Rumoured Landing In Chapin Bay Region
(From A Special Correspondent) (Copyright)
Canton, To-day.
Although official quarters are reticent regarding developments in the East River fighting, it is reliably learned that troops engaging the Jap- anese between Pok Lo and Tsengshing and be- tween Pok Lo and Sheklung have administered a decided check to the headlong rush of the in- vading forces.
Chinese soldiers with whom I talked through an interpreter laughed at the suggestion that any Japanese landing had been effected, though they stated that they had heard that an attempt | had been made to land a small They are, however, expected to do no more than force higher up the Delta..
Within a few miles of the Bri- tish border life is going on much
as usual. People are working in
fight a stubborn retreating battle, covering the final preparation of the main defence line which stretches along the Tsangkong River.
the fields. Troops, of the po an It is estimated that nearly 100,- tui type, are going about their 000 men have moved into this line duties as if completely oblivious
and-more-are-pouring through-Can- of the fact that Kwangtung iston, coming from north Kwangtung being invaded. ·
and from Kwangsi.
Many women and children have left the territory,
SHATAU HALF-DESERTED ·
Shatau, for instance, is deserted by nearly half its normal popula~ tion. The reason apparently is terror of Japanese aerial attacks, not of any armed invasion in the region.
Japanese mobile units are report-
ed to be within a few miles of Tsengching, but the main force is cisive battle is expected for making slower progress and no de- 48
hours.
CHAPIN BAY ATTACK?
Meanwhile, there are rumours, at present unconfirmed, that a There was a mild panic, for in-lauding has been effected in the stance when an unidentifiable Canton Delta in the Chapin Bay plane passed high over a village region, with the object of investing through which I was walking, but the forts on the right bank of Boc- no bombs were dropped.
ca. Tigris.
· HEAVY EXPLOSIONS:
Kal Shan Fort, on the tip of the Channel, has been, subjected to in-
to
handa.
One soldier told me that yesterday tense bombardment, according the sounds of heavy explosions the same sources. were heard from up the Canton- Kowloon Railway, but he suggested two possibilities in explanation, one that Japanese, naval planes were bombing, the line near Pingwu and As far as Is known in the Po On the other that Chinese troops were District and at Shumchun, no Ja- methodically - destroying railway panese troops have yet reached the bridges ptc. to render the line use-Irailway, though fighting, has been less should it fall into Japanese, reported in the Lungkong vicinity.
JAPANESE COMMUNIQUE
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An official communique issued by the Japanese Con- sulate General regarding operations in South China, tacitly admits that no Japan- . ese troops are yet astride the Canton-Kowloon Railway.
In an outline of develop- ments, it is stated that the naval air forces yesterday raided and heavily bombed many places on the railway, including Sheklung, Cheung- muktau and Pingwu.
Rumours published allege Japanese occupation of both Cheungmuktau and Pingwu,
The Japanese communique also states that an advanced detachment of the Japanese forces was pressing on Tsengshing at 10 p.m. last night.
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