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RUMBLE OF GUNS MARK NEARNESS OF BATTLE Large-Scale Offensive For Nanking In Few Days

JAPANESE TROOPS TO

SOUTH AND EAST

REFUSAL TO AGREE

TO SAFETY ZONE

PROPOSALS

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

Reliable foreign reports from Nanking state that the roll of battle, the rumbling of heavy guns to the south-east of Nanking, is plainly audible this morning confirming Japanese claims to have

CANTON-

BOMBED TO-DAY

Canton, To-day. Several bombs were dropped": north of Canton, possibly in the vicinity of the airfield, shortly be- fore 1 o'clock this afternoon. Anti-aircraft gunfire was în Shameen

Chinese sources declare they the

advanced to within twenty kilometres of the capi- MASS RAID ON

tal.

LANCHOW

Tokyo, 2 p.m., To-day.

LEVIATHAN FOR SALE

New York, To-day.

Sale for demolition of the American liner "Leviathan”” once the world's largest vessel, to a British firm for about $800,000, is amounced by Mr. Basil Harris, Vice-President of United States Lines.

Mr. Harris says that a Japan- ese bid for the liner was reject- ted because "we did not think it feven advisable to consider an

offer from Japan"- Beuter.

TYPHOON NEAR MANILA

The Royal Observatory reported this morning that the anti-cyclone remains over China, Japan and the neighbouring seas, and continues to

Development of the real battle for Nanking, however, is not anticipated for several days, as only Japanese naval aircraft carried increase in intensity- the vanguards of the Japanese have passed beyond out a mass raid on Lanchow to- Kuyung, while the offensive will demand the mass-day, with the aerodrome as their ing of considerable bodies of men.

Foreign observers in Nanking state that the mountainous country around Nanking is full of troops, estimate of an assembly of 300,000 men being on the conservative side. These are picked troops, high in morale, which have not yet seen any active service, and include the flower of Chiang Kai- shek's trained army.

Heavy artillery is mounted hing and are now in full control everywhere.

of the Hangchow-Nanking high- Japanese official sources mean-way at this point, cutting off while state that they are unable this line of communication for to recognise any Safety Zone in the Japanese. Nanking, stating that it would be practically impossible to distin- guish as Nanking is first and foremost a military town to-day. Americans are all evacuating on instructions from the Em bassy.

CHINKIANG FIRST

ces of cation is no

nce as

Military headquarters, ever state the line of Jonger of any Drovision of supplies to the ma body of troops which took this CHINES SUCCESSE

route in the general offensive Japanese admit the fall of against Nanking can be served in Kwangteh and Changhing and view of their rapid progress, via that the garrison at Wushing is Nanking-Shanghai Railway. being seriously harassed by These troops are reported to troops attacking from Anhweibe 20 kilometres south of Nan- It appears that these troops ar-king. Another column has rived at the front, attacking reached a point about 22 miles to from the flanks, foo late to pre-the east vent the progress of the Japanese forces through Thin

Nanking, but they have pelled the withdrawal of the rison at Kwangteh and Chang-

Military experts predict that the Japanese will attempt duce Chinking before staging full-scale offensive against Nap- - Our Own Correspondent, king.

main objective

According to Japanese reports, numerous planes from Russia have been arriving at Lanchow. Our Own Correspondent.

The depression appears to be stationary to the north east of Hokkaido, and the typhoon is situat- ed about 100 miles south of Manila, moving W.N.W

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