1937-09-14 — Page 6

THE CHINA MAIL,

R14 1937.

BOCCA TIGRIS ATTACKED

Five Japanese Warships In Dawn Bombardment

MEXICAN OIL STRIKE

fexico City-To-day

The President of Mexico yes terday declared that the strike, in the oil fields of Porto Rico, which is affecting supplies for Mexico City, must be settled Gre

The strike has now been going on for fifty days-Renter

BANDIT GUERILLAS NEAR PEIPING

PEIPING, TO-DAY.

TROOPS ARE ROAMING THE

TWO REPORTED DAMAGED

IN PLANE REPRISAL

AN HOUR'S BATTLE

BEFORE SHIPS RETIRE

Canton, To-day.

The first Japanese attack from the sea on Bocca Tigris Forts, half way between Hong Kong and Canton, was carried out this morning.

Five Japanese warships took part in the bom- bardment, which lasted an hour.

The first shells were fired at 5 o'clock and it was AT LEAST 1,000 GUERILLA not until 6 o'clock that the warships withdrew. WESTERN HILLS UNDER THE The forts returned the fire, while at the same COMMAND or THE WELL time planes of the Canton Air Force hopped off and

bombed the warships.

KNOWN BANDET CHIEFTAIN, LIU KWELTANG.

BANDITS.

MANY OF

THEM ARE PROFESSIONAL The planes returned to the city at 6.50 a.m., claiming to have damaged two Japanese warships. Details are not at present ascertainable but from preliminary reports of the engagement it is

Six foreigners, including a Net herlands priest, Father Willins, and

five Marist brothers, are still in the

VIOLENT

GALE SWEEPS CANADA

Ottawa, To-day. Eastern Canada was visited yes- terday by the worst gale in many

years.

A number of vessels were stranded and destroyed, while în Nova Scotia the apple crop was damaged.

In Toronto a thousand homes suffered damage, while the Cana- dian National Exhibition was also affected-Reuter.

AIR RAIDERS DRIVEN OFF

A Few Bombs Dropped On Bocca Tigris

Canton, To-day. Nine Japanese bombers flew to

hands of the guerillas somewhere understood that damage to the forts was only very ward the Bocca Tigris Forts from

to the west of Peiping.

Four others, including an Irish

priest, Father L. F. Fehily, were re leased ten days ago.

A・ detachment of Japanese| troops is keeping in touch with the captors but hitherto has refrained

from attacking them pending the ations for release

outcome of the

Reuter

NEW OFFENSIVE IMMINENT

Perping, To-day.

With the approach. of dry weather the Japanese are pre paring a new offensive in Hopei along a line westward of the Pinghan Railway.

Large quantities of ammuni- tion and other supplies are be ing concentrated on the north- east bank of the Han River opposite the Chinese positions

miles south of Peiping- Hundreds of pontoons are being built in readiness to at tempt to cross the river, which the Chinese are expected vigo- rously to oppose, since success of the operations would end

ger the Chinese defences on the Five thousand cavalry and 2,000 other troops encamped at Peiping, moved to the new front last night.-Reuter.

Pinghan Railway.

DOG BITE

dog

Miss A. King, of No. 298, Prince Edward Road, was belonging to Mr. Ha

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slight. — Reuter.

TWO DIRECT HITS

the Fukien border early this morn- ing, but they were met and driven off by a squadron of Chinese pur- snit planes. They managed to drop- several bombs in the vicinity of the

A few foreigners and Chinese declare they Fort area Hua Nan distinctly heard the gun fire this morning, but the majority of the populace was gradually awakening when the Bocca Tigris battle raged and were un- aware of the occurrence until an hour or so later.

Details are still scant, but Admiral Chan Chak, who is in charge of the forts, telephoned Canton that one Japanese cruiser and four destroyers par- ticipated in the bombardment, to which the Forts instantly replied and Chinese planes soared into the air.

WARSHIP BADLY DAMAGED

Chinese Planes Visit To Kwangchowwan

Canton, To-day.

It is officially confirmed that a number of Chinese planes flew to Kwangchowwan yesterday morn- ing and carried out a successful ing outside Kwangchowwan. One

The planes later reported that Chinese shells raid on the Japanese warships 15- landed on the waterfront beyond the warships and then suddenly registered two direct hits.

The Admiral adds that damage to the Forts was negligible.-Reuter.

OFFICIAL REPORT

Canton, 11.20 a.m., To-day. A reliable official source reporting on the Jap- anese naval attack on the Bocca Tigris Forts at dawn this morning, states that after the engage- ment, the five Japanese warships departed down river.

One of them was damaged by a shell which struck the bridge.

of the warships was set on fire "and was in a sinking condition ac-

air raiders.-Hua Nan

cording to a report by the Chinese

TURNED OVER AND SANK

Nanking Report On Kwangchow Air Raid

London, To-day.

The Chinese air force has sunk

a Japanese destroyer in the outer

harbour of Kwangchow Bay-

This is the claim published in Nanking, where air force headquar Another had been hit by a bomb and appear-ters declare that Chinese bombers

from

ed to be badly damaged. She was emitting large scored five

Canton yesterday morning

volumes of smoke.

destroyer.

over and sank

direct hits. on the

The forts were not hit during the bombard-The destroyer imme 294 ment but three shells fell just short. No Japanese sent to aeroplanes took part in the operations. Reuter.

Boar

Ching Mui, admitted to the

and hands

Queen Mary Hospital suffering from

injuries to

SHAPOO SHELLED jed up heavy bomb ent on, the

Little Damage Done

Foochow

It is officially announced that imber of Japanese warships

Chinese

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