1937-09-24 — Page 24

CONCENTRATION BROKEN UP BY SHELLFIRE

Shanghai, 1-30 p.m. To-day. It is reliably learned that Chin- ese artillery broke up a heavy Ja- panese troop concentration in the Kiangwan sector, last night, flicting heavy losses.

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CHINESE DEFENCE

OF PAOTINGFU

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ported to be proceeding this mom- ing. At least two Japanese bomb- ing planes have been shot down. Our Own Correspondent.

REINFORCEMENT FOR SHANGHAI From Formosa, And Korea

Shanghai, To-day. It is reported here that two divi-

Shortly after a Chinese plane had soared overhead, fifty shells from large howitzers in the vicinity of Kiangwan Village fell into the area within a few minutes, wreaking sions of troops from Formosa and closely Korea, respectively, are on their considerable havoc among

way to join the Japanese forces packed troops.

in Shanghai, following in- Japanese artillery strafed heavily now

reply-Our Own Correspondent structions from the War Office in

Tokyo.

TOKYO AND CANTON RAID

Tokyo, 2 pm To-day Messages of protest received in Tokyo from all parts of the world, following the mass murders in yes- terday's bombing raid on Canton, led the War Office this morning to issue an official statement declaring that the objectives of the raid were

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Japanese Military. Headquarters here would not confirm the report and declined to make any comment on it. They however, admitted that they have suffered high losses in troops on all fronts in Shanghai, and that messages were despatched to Tokyo for reinforcements. Our Own Correspondent.

190 DEATHS

Shanghai, To-day. The cholera epidemic is becom

the Canton Government arsenal;ing worse and there are now over aerodromes and the Provincial and 1,550 cases in the International Municipal Headquarters.

Settlement and the French Conces-

The statement denied that an sion.

attack on the Canton-Kowloon Rail- Hitherto, 180. Chinese and 10 way was intended.-Our Own Cor-foreigners, mostly Russians, have

died from the disease-Reuter. respondent.

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Of three scouting planes sent

out to investigate the ambush

report, only two have returned,

one having been shot down by

Chinese anti-aircraft guns.

state

They were compelled to fy

high and were unable to fulfi

their mission of checking the

report of disaster, but

that fierce fighting TES ap-

parently proceeding below.

Our Own Correspondent.

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