THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1938.
CHINESE DEFENDERS FALTER Herculean Resistance of Past Month Comes to End
Peiping Railway
Cut at
Liulin
~HINA'S STOUT RESISTANCE on the Yangtse and Peiping-Hankow Railway fronts, which has held the overwhelmingly superior armed Japanese at bay for over a month, appears to be crumbling.
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estimated nt
British Envoy HEAVY AIR
Goes To Japan
TOKYO. Oct. 7,
Mr. E. .L. Hall-Patch, Financial Adviser to the British Embassy in China, arrived here from China at 9 o'clock Inst night. He proceeded to the British Embassy.
The object of the British official's visit is not made known as yet. Domel.
RAIDS IN THE SOUTH
55 Planes Engaged On Hankow Railway
CANTON, Oct. 6. SEVERE DAMAGE was sustained by two bridges on the Canton-Hankow rail- way
to-day following mass attack by Japanese planes. At one stage there were no less than 55 planes operating over the line at
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A Japanese flying column has captured Liulin Station, on the Peiping-Hankow line, severing communications be tween Hankow and Chengchow and along China's “life- line" to Sian, western outpost through which flows Soviet materials.
Sinyang, important Chinese have suffered losses
It is now revealed that during the stronghold in the north, is sur-22,000, iucluding 7,300 dead left on raid on Lankangpu, west of Loshan, one time, most of them con-
on Wednesday the "war birds" com- rounded, and is expected to fall the battlefields-Domel,
pletely demolished Japanese artillery centrating on the small positions with tons of explosives.section of the line with con- Yesterday morning the Chinese
besiderable effect. bombed Japanese troop concentrations around After a preliminary attack on inflicting considerable the Linfashan forts, the second
at any moment.
On the southern front the
PINGHIAN LINE SEVERED
Loshan, Oct. 7.
Japanese have started a new Cutting of the Pelping-Hankow machines again actively
yang.
to the
westward drive on the Juichang- foilway, which was one of the main Tanese pursuits rose to in two days, 27 planes came over Wuning highway. Japanese are objectives of the Japanese drive into Honan, was fulfilled on Thursday converging on Alkochen, which won a flying column captured Liulin engage the milders. However, all
Chinese machines returned
Nine went Canton. safely to is expected to fall after 36 days Station, about 15 miles south of Sin-their base after a furious dogfight. Canton-Kowloon Railway and 18 hard fighting.
Chinese and Japanese forces on the to the Canton-Hankow Railway. the Yangtse fiver itself, Attacking the station in a flanking Loshan-Sinyang highway are still
On the line to Kowloon many Japanese mine-dweepers are pre-movement, the Japanese column fncing each other at Wullten. feet of the roadbed were torn up ceding the worships and have reach-dynomited the tracks and completely Fighting continues with great severi- at Tongtaohain, while slight damage ed a point west of Tlenkinches cut off the trunk line of communica-ty-
was also done at Changmutno. The Chinese have been forced to tion for the Chinese forces operating Evacuate, under intense Japanese in the northern sector of the Wuhan naval bombardment, the three forts defence zone.-Domel. at Tienklachen. Fuchlkow and Panpiahan.
PUSH UPSTREAM
WITHIN 15 MILES OF SINYANG
sin
With the Chinese batteries on the west bank effectively shelling them, the Japanese troops on the cast bank of Yangsia Lake are unable to cross the lake. Batches of Japanese troops which attempted to cross the Fu River flowing southwest of Yang-
were repulsed yesterday, The Chinese forces at Mushih- about six miles southeast of Yangsin, ire striking southwestward pt Taohunchien to threaten the Japanese rear.
After withdrawing from Panp!- forces have occupled all forts, and was captured by the Japanese forces ghan, on the south bank of the Yang- damaged.
12L 7 o'clock on Wednesday evening. defence works in the three fortresses Early the following morning, the tze River, opposite to Tlenchiachen.
resumed its advance on to
the Chinese are now lighting back
mine - sweepers
Loshan, Oct. 7, Effecting an advance of several miles in the past day, a column of Tokyo, Oct. 7. Japanese
are Japanese forces converging on Sin- steadily pushing upstream from yang reached to within 15 miles of Tlenklachen, acording to a field dis-their final objective on Thursday.
Lankanpu, important
Chinese pri- patch received here.
8 miles west of Loshan, The report adds that the Japanese
shan.
tion ubout
on
at Tienklachen, Fuchikow and Penpl-alumn and struck at the Chinese at the Japanese at Maanshan,
Japanese marine forces after occu- pying Maanshan (Saddle Mountain). Look Hwangkin (Gold Mountain), on Wednesday evening, the dispatch states-Domel
DEFENCE LINE SEVERED
Tokyo, Oct. 7. The Chinese troops between Tehan and Nanchang, on the Kluklang- Nanchang Railway, have been shaken by the breaking of the centre Chi- nese positions between Tehan and the Yunghain, which resulted in Japanese copture of Joki, 25 miles west of Elan.
Sinyang fortifications along the Shih River immediately opposite of Walltion, 12 miles east of Sinyang
Stout resistance was offered by the Chinese forces in front of Wulitlen, which forms that last outpost of Sin- yang. Crack units of the Central Army are ranged in the sector, while reinforcements are being rushed up from Sinyang~~Domel.
CHINESE FIGHTT BRAVELY
Hankow, Oct. 7.
Chinese forces are
height in the vicinity. Six Japanese unbonts steamed up to Panpishan yesterday morning and shelled Mel- shan (Coal Hill), which is still in Chinese hands-Central News,
The planes then went to Tungkoon,, on the Canton-Bocca Tigris highway, and dropped bombs near the bridge not far from
Sheklung. They failed to make hit.
During the morning at Yuentum and Chungfa, on the Hankow-Canton line, were damaged,
About mid-day no less than 55 planes were engaged on the Hankow- Canton line, the largest group, 20 planes,
expending all their bombs at one spot at Nganchanngau, where two ware hit bod severely
Later the bridge at Paklang was attacked. but the aviators were evidently hampered by the failing light and did not secure a hit.
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The third big raid of the day was mainly aimed at Shcklung, where
damage was done, though one plane had to relire, apparently damaged by anti-aircraft fire.
FRESH JAPANESE THRUST
report from Kweiping, Kwangst, Wuning, Oct. 7.
states that the cliy Was attacked With the arrival of reinforcements yesterday for the first time. The the Japanese forces on the Juichang-death roll has already mounted to Wuning highway have started a fresh 200 as the result of more
than 30 westward thrust.
bombs being dropped in and around
TUANFENG RAID
Two columns of Japanese troops the rlly-Our Own Correspondent. are making sus- engaged in the new drive. One tained efforts to halt further advancing on the highway Is en- Japanese advance on both banks of Chinese at Maanshan and Hsichtshan. countering stout resistance from the The Japanese forces are hemming the Yangtze River. In Aikochen, at the entrance to the Taking the offensive, Chinese wor-The second column
1 launching a defle leading to Tchan, after 35 days planes have been playing an impor-Hanking movement at Jochi and of hurd fighting for the footholds at tant role in harassing the Japanese Lopanshan. Confused fighting is said
Loshan-Sinyang along the
to be raging around Jochi. the southeastern base of the Lushan drive Mountain Range in Kinngsi Province, highway with the objective of dis- Japanese planes are actively as
Chinese troops confronting the rupting communications on the sisting in the drive, raitting Chinese Japanese force in that sector com- ciping-Hankow Railway, north of positions and troop concentrations. prise about 28 divisions, but they Hankow, during the last few days. Central News.
Hankow, Oct. 1. A squadron of more than ten Japanese planes raided Tuanfeng, a town on the north bank of the Yangtze River, approximately mid- way between Klchun and Hankow, yesterday morning.
The extent of damage and num- ber of casualties are yet unknown.--- Central News.
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