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SOOCHOW CREEK BATTLE RAGES ON

Surprise Crossing Gives Another Village To Japanese JAPANESE CHINESE MAKING BIG

DISLODGING EFFORT

LANDING IN HANGCHOW BAY

Shanghai, To-day..

Japanese troops yesterday ef- fected a landing north of Chapoo. in Hangchow Bay. (south of Shanghai) with the aim of encirc

ing the Camese forces at

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SQUARE KILOMETRE NO DECISION ON

NOW IN HANDS OF JAPANESE

Shanghai, To-day.

The battle on the south bank of Soochow Creek still continues with undiminished violence, with

WAR DECLARATION

TOKYO, TO-DAY.

JAPAN HAS NOT YET

both sides suffering casualties on a scale reminis-REACHED A DEFINITE DECI cent of the Tazang engagement.

SION ON THE QUESTIONS OF In spite of stubborn Chinese resistance, the FORMAL DECLARATION OF The troops were landed under Japanese succeeded in gaining some ground last WAR ON CHINA, DECLARED

cover of a heavy barrage from sea and air, but in spite of the severe. bombardment from naval. guns and a large fleet of bombers, the Chin-

ese defenders immediately engaged the Japanese.

Bitter fighting is now procesä- ing, with the Chinese claiming

night.

OFFICIAL CIRCEFS LATE LAST NIGHT.

DECLARATION OF WAR WOULD MEAN ESTARE

This is admitted by the Chinese, who state that several thousand Japanese made a surprise cross- ing under cover of darkness at two points about MENT OF IMPERIAL HEAD ten kilometres west of the International Settle-QUARTERS” IN TOKYO. ment

POLITICAL QUARTERS,

BELIEVE THAT

The enemy attacked the village of Changchia- HOWEVER that they have the situation well chi from two sides, and forced the Chinese to with- DECLARATION OF WAR IS

draw south to a new defence line on the bank of MMINEN Chuchiapang Creek.

in hand" Beuter.

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SERIOUSLY

Shanghai, To-day. Following an intense bombardment by Japanese warships, according to reports from Hangchow, marines were landed in the Pinghu District, in Hangchow Bay, some fifty miles to the south-west of Shanghai yes- terday afternoon.

For the present, although the news has caused some excitement, Chinese military headquarters are threat not inclined to regard

An area of one square kilo metre south of Soochow Creek is now in the hands of the Japanese.

Heavy rain yesterday after- noon rendered the ground a sticky morass and prevented operations in the north sector of the Shanghai front, and Japanese reinforcements arriv. ing at Lotien were rested in- stead of being thrown into battle

Japanese scouting planes are seriously as reports indicate that extremely active in this sector,

the landing was not effected in great strength, no more than 1,500 men being landed

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The ease of their landing

to their obvious choice

quiet section of the Bay, but

are moving from Hankehow, Kashing Chapa to intercept the invaders and the Chinese coramand is satis fied with the position.

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and a fresh attack is expected as

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