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SAVAGE FIGHTING ROUND KIANGWAN

Far East Racecourse Found Still Held By Chinese

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CHINESE NEW LINES IRREGULARS

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Shanghai, To-day.

CUT RAILWAY

The Chinese forces are now firmly established BEHIND

in their new defence lines, which run for nearly 40

kilometres from Chapei, Kiangwan, Tazang, Li JAPANESE

hang to Lotien.

Most advanced Japanese posts are now 15 kilo- metres from the Whangpoo River.

Tientsin, 2 p.m. To-day.

ANOTHER SWATOW BOMBARDMENT

Canton, To-day.

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A reliable foreign source leams « that Swatow underwent another bombardment by Japanese -Yar- ships this morning.

This new attack lasted for about an hour this morning.

Gans from the warships ́gys- tematically fired into the harbour and the signal station which, 23 far as can be ascertained was their only objective.

No details of the attack are at present available Beuter.

Chinese irregulars have destroy to have caused substantial damage ed a bridge on the Peiping-Taiyuan to the station and tracks and to Railway, considerably hampering have scored direct hits on the milli- Japanese troops movements in sup-tary barracks.

port of the forces now hotly engag ed near Tatong.

Despite the well-nigh impossible conditions, with troops trudging

North of Kiangwan, the Chinese, in a bitter man-to-man fight, checked the Japanese advance. Discarding the modern rifle and bayonet, the Chinese resorted to their traditional big swords, The bridge is nearly 300 metres through mud in pouring rain, Ja- with which they practically cut up large numbers long and will take months to re-panese headquarters claim that the of Japanese.

pair.

attack on the Tientsin-Pukow Bail- In reprisal, Japanese bombers way has progressed to a point south Japanese infantry and cavalry, protected by 23 heavily bombed the railway in the of Hsingtsi-Our Own Correspon tanks, advanced south along the Woosung-Shang-vicinity of Shekhachung and claim dent hai road against the Far Eastern Racecourse, which

is still in Chinese hands, contrary to earlier reports.

The Japanese admit that the retirement of the Cricket Bats That Give Confidence

Chinese to their new positions was accomplished in

perfect order without the Japanese being able to

cut off a single unit.

Several Japanese tank attacks have been re- pulsed and a savage attack on the northern sector between Lotien and Liuhong has come to a stand- still Trans-Ocean.

SILENCE MEANS CONSENT ?

No Japanese Denial Of Macao Sinking

[Formosa, alleges that two Chinese warships which made a sally out of cover at Bocca Tigris were hit by Japanese shëlls and subsequent- ly went aground: Our Own Cor- respondent.

It will be recalled that a British steamer passed Bocca Tigris short- ly after the shelling and if two Chinese ships had gone azround, they could not have escaped being

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Shanghai, To-day. Although Japanese naval circles here declare that they have no pre-j cise information of what is hap- AIRCRAFT-CARRIER pening in South China, pointing| out that the South China squadron | is controlled from Formosa, the absence of any official denial of the Cantonese claim to have sunk two Japanese warship in the TE Macao erday- regard

The only

issued from |

ATTACKED Direct Hit On Stern Reported

Canton, To-day. The Canton Gazette? carri report this morning claiming that

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