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CHINESE STILL HOLD NANHSIANG

Japanese Claim Foothold In North-East Corner TOWN AND STATION LYING HOUR'S CLASH

MME. CHIANG'S

CRASH AT

SIXTY M.P.H.

SHANGHAI, TO-DAY.

THE ACCIDENT IN WHICH MADAME CHIANG KAI-SHEK

IN RUINS

STUBBORN BATTLE STILL RAGING

Shanghai, 1.45 p.m., To-day.

Independent sources reveal that the Chinese BROKE A RIB WHEN HER troops are giving another brilliant demonstration CAR OVERTURNED ON THE of their defensive qualities in the battle for Nan-

NANKING-SHANGHAI ROAD

ON MANCHUKUO FRONTIER

Seoul, Korea, To-day.

A clash between Japanese and Soviet frontier guards on the Man- chukuo-Soviet border at 9 am on October 27, is reported by the Japanese military headquarters

The Japanese official version of

roops crossed the border at 9 am and attacked the frontier post con-

isting of 10 men.

AT A SPEED OF 60 MILES AN hsiang, which for all the pressure they have ap-the affair stated that forty Soviet HOUR, OCCURRED ON OCTO-plied in the last 48 hours, the Japanese have been BER 23 BUT THE NEWS WAS unable to add to their war scalps.

KEPT SECRET UNTIL TO- DAY, WHEN IT WAS RELEAS-

ED BY THE NATIONAL MILI-

TARY COUNCIL.

Madame Chiang, accompanied by viser, Mr. W. H. Donald and a Chin- ⚫ese officer, was proceeding to Shang-

the Generalissimo's Australian ad-

hai on one of her periodic inspec-

tions of the front when a back tyre blew out

The car reeled to the side of the road, plunged into a ditch and over- turned.

thrown Madame Chiang was distance of 14 feet and was uncon- scious for a quarter of an hour.

a

Nine of them were shot down, but a tenth managed to get away

The town and railway station have been re- duced to heaps of rubble by intensive air and artil-and communicated with the near- lery bombardment, but the Chinese are fighting on st Japanese military post. undaunted and Japanese infantry assaults have Reinforcements brought up re- been repulsed with severe losses.

vealed that the Russians had also been reinforced, but they retired

over the border after a skirmish

sting for one hour.

The official report adds that the

encroachments. Our Own

dent

The Japanese issued a communique at 1 p.m. claiming that at 11.30 a.m. to-day, the Japanese troops had secured a foothold in the North-East

attack appears to have significance corner of the ruins of the town, based upon a report and says that steps have been by Japanese aeroplanes which were sent to bomb taken to check any further such the Chinese defence lines at Nanhsiang.

The observers stated that heavy street fighting was proceeding in the north-east, but that elsewhere the Chinese lines were intact.

No confirmation has been receiv Mr. Donald and the officer, who were also thrown out, were luckily led from the Japanese commander uninjured, and carried her to in the field, nor from the Chinee farmhouse, where on recovering she military headquarters, who state. insisted on continuing the journey. that Nanhsiang will not be conceded The party eventually reached Shang-without a bitter struggle to the

Ilast. hai at 11 o'clock that night.

CONTINUES JOURNEY

Besides a broken rib, Madame

HONGKEW INSPECTION Chiang was bruised and very shaken. Mr. Donald says she had a pro-

Admiral Hasegawa, commander of vidential escape for if she had the Japanese Third Fleet, made at been thrown out on the other side tour of inspection of Chapel and, of the road, she would almost cer-Kiangwan this morning, driving tainly have been struck by a car through the blackened ruins as far which was just then passing, or as conditions permitted and have fallen on the metalled portion turning to inspect a parade of troops of the highway.

along Broadway.

He took a salute near Broadway Mansions before returning to Idzumo.

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