SERIOUS FIGHTING
NEAR
TSENGSHING
Japanese Pushing North Towards Lungmoon
CANTON OUT
ATTEMPT TO
OF WIRELESS ENCIRCLE CANTON
TOUCH..
Cable and Wire- less, Limited, an- nounced this morning, at 10 a.m. that they had lost wireless communication with Canton.
JAPS. HEAVILY BOMBED IN KWANGTUNG
FROM NORTH
Canton, To-day.
CANTON PRACTICALLY EMPTY
Canton, To-day. Renter's correspondent toured Canton yesterday evening ́and
shops still open..
יי
The streets were almost debert- ed except for evacuees-preparing for departure.--Renter.
Serious fighting is progressing in the hills east of found on one in ten homes, and
Tsengshing, declared the Chinese spokesman| at yesterday afternoon's press conference. He added that even the loss of Tsengshing itself could never be of strategic value, “as all the main defences are outside the walls.”
The Japanese forces, he said, were pushing north-
westwards from Pok Lo on Lungmoon.
151ST DIVISION
These forces would probably turn westward in an COMMANDER
-endeavour to sever the Canton-Hankow Rail- way and encircle Canton from the north.
DISMISSED
Canton, To-day. General Moh Hei-tak, "com-
The spokesman declared thating in the vicinity of Waichow pro- General Yu Han-mou, command-bably refer to the activity of gue- er of the 4th Route Army, went, rilla bands who are harassing the mander of the 151st Division, to the front on Wednesday even- Japanese lines of communications regarding which colourful stories ing and returned yesterday morn- They have been tackling smail have been printed referring to London, To-day. ing.
parties of Japanese, and disappear-[the heroism of this "doomed divi- Chinese war planes bombed and the condition of the Chinese brought up.
General Yu was satisfied with ing as soon as reinforcemtents are sion," has been dismissed.
According to an officialastate- inflicted heavy-casualties on Japan-defences, and declared that the "It is admitted that the Japanese ment, he has been relieved of his ese troops concentrated at Wai-situation was well in hand.
are slowly closing in on Tseng-command by Military Headquar- Reuter. chow and Pok Lo, about 70 miles
{shing, which has been converted tøjters for failure to offer resistance a shambles by air raids.—Qur Own to the Japanese. Our Own east of Canton, as well as at Tam-
Correspondent.
Correspondent. shui, 30 miles south of Pok Lo,
Canton, To-day. states "a telegram from the Chinese
A major battle for the possession Foreign Minister in Chungking. of Taengshing, 85 miles east of
The telegram adds that in Canton, is developing. severe air battles in South Japanese vanguards pushing to- Kwangtung, over 30 Japanese ward Tsengshing at noon yester- planes were brought down. day were engaged by the Chinese, "On land, the Japanese strik- and since then fighting has con- ing westward from Pok Lo and tinued. -
MAJOR BATTLE
Tamshui have made no further All indications point to a sharp. progress owing to stout Chinese resistance." -Renter.
JAPANESE CLAIM TO BE 20 MILES FROM CANTON
Shanghai, To-day.
The Japanese forces on the Yangtse yesterday attained posi- tions approximately 70 nautical miles from Hankow, near Ocheng.
The Japanese forces in South China are now 32 kilometres from Canton after.. capturing Cheng- kangshu in a lightning westward thrust,
Both claims are continued in Japanese press reports received in Shanghai late last night.
Japanese forces on the Yang
battle at Fuktim aftunted-in-the mountainous district between Pok- lo and Taengshing. The narrow pass, hemmed in by hills on both sides, will be advantageous for the Chinese defence. Foreshadowing
readiness for street fighting in Canton, the mili tary authorities have ordered the digging of trenches and erection of |pillboxes in the city.
VOLUNTEER AID
No fewer than 400,000 people in Canton, including women and girl students bave registered with the Canton Garrison Headquarters of- fering their services for defence of the provincial capital. They will engage in first-aid, rescue and tran- sportation work.-Central News.
In a communique issued by the Japanese Consulate-General ̃ ̄ ̄ ̄at ** noon to-day, the claim is made that - the Japanese. vanguard reached. a. point 15 miles east of Canton and 7.5 miles east of Canton's-first- line of defence, yesterday after- noon.
WAICHÓW: GUERILLAS
Canton, To-day.
tse are claimed to have smashed Authoritative sources state that the last defence line in the Wuhan Chinese newspaper reports of fight-
area, with the reported capture of
several towns forming links in
the defence scheme.Reuter.
The
PRESS REPORT.
Shanghai, To-day.
EMBASSY MOVES
aim to have cap-
Hankow, To-day, ost of Yang. The staff of the British Embassy Wuchang, left Hankow for Chungking aboard ording ||a: British gunboat yesterday morn-
fngCentral News.
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