1937-11-23 — Page 24

AIR COMBATS IN RAID ON NANKING

THE CHINA MAIL

BRIGHTER PICTURE OF WAR SITUATION

(Continued from Page 1) while the boom across the Yangtse

the southern front, and that the etreat on Changhing is pro- very slowly with gradual stiffening of opposition.

new defence line has been prepared at Lakiahang, half-way

Nanking, To-day. there still stands.

Even if the boom is breached, the Although usually au-

Japanese will have to clear miles thoritative Chinese minefields, and would have to con- sources originally claim-tend with another boom at Chin-between Wushing and Chang- ed that a plane brought NANKING CONFIDENCE

kiang

hing

CHINESE DEFENCE

down in a dog fight be- Nanking, they say, will be well The Chinese military com tween Chinese and Jap-able to defend itself against air is evidently well acquainted with

attacks, as has been shown in the the necessities of the presen anese planes over Nanpast, for the city is well-equipped situation and the new defence king yesterday was Jap-with anti-aircraft guns, and Chin-system stretches all the way ese planes almost always engage from Kiangyin, through Wusih, anese, Reuter has now the raiders.Renter

west of the Taihu Lake to be established that it was

yond Changhing actually a Chinese plane. The pilot escaped unhurt

by parachute.

Aerial combats over Nanking

WUSHING'S FALL

area or moving down

It is believed here that the Japanese effort to outflank the Wusth defences will fail unless strong reinforcements are pro- Shanghai, 1.30 pm, To-day. vided, as there are at least yesterday afternoon marked the Official claim to the capture of 200,000 troops in the Changhing first appearance of Soviet planes, Washing in North Chekiang is according to reliable observers, now made in a Japanese com-

HANGCHOW BOMBED who state that these ultra-fast munique, which reveals that the

The Japanese, in the meantime, machines had not hitherto been North Gate fell after long and

are moving against Hangchow, used by the Chinese air force. desperate resistance at ten

with the obvious intention of It is learned that the Chinese o'clock yesterday morning. Government has bought

con By eleven a.m. nearly two brinsing the town as their main siderable number of planes from gades had thrust their way into base in the operations on the

southern front the Soviet, while Soviet instruc-the city and by nightfall, capture

Hangchow was heavily bombed tors have been training Chinese had been completed, after nearly

from the air yesterday and again pilots. Reuter

eight hours of sanguinary streets morning. fighting.

is re It is now A

miles of angchow, where evacuation of vihans has begun, Measures are being taken for defence of the city. KIANGYIN HOLDS

Budapest, To-day

the admitted that

The Japanese advanc

Much prominence is given in the strength of Chinese resistance isported to be within Hungarian press to the visit to being completely maintained on Berlin of the Premier and Foreign Minister.

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On the Northern front, Japanese admit that all attacks on Kiangyin have failed, and it is apparent that they are experiencing transport difficulties. The artillery in the re gion is as yet insufficient for the requirements of the situation, des- pite the aid of naval craft in the Yangtsze.

MOVE

Difficulties of maintaining the army in the field as they further from their main bases is revealed by the fact that supplies had yesterday and this morning to be dropped by parachute from aero- planes.

The Chinese forces have with- drawn, almost wholly to the Kiang- ym-Wusih defence line, though sharp fighting is continuing to the Our Own

of Wusth adent

TOKYO WAR OFFICE ON CAMPAIGN

Tokyo, To-day.

Japanese troops have already reached Wusth, about half way be tween Shanghai and Nanking, and 40 kilometres north-west of Soochow according to officia dams but there is no assertion

of Wus

The Japanese are attacking two columns on Nank

west, one driving along

way line from Shanghai

capital, and one on the uthern bank of Taihu Lake.

The Taihu Lake forces have now. captured W

and are astride the Hange

Railway

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