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THE CHINA MAIL, NOVEMBER 12, 1938.

GENERAL EXODUS FROM ICHANG BEGINNING: NUNS DECIDE TO STAY

Chungking, To-day. ·

An exodus is now going on from the Yangtse port of Ichang, with most of the inhabitants at- tempting to proceed up river to flee into the country.

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Departing steamers are crammed with passengers

seeking safety at up river ports.

Most of them are going to Wanhsien, which is

overcrowded with refugees,

as

A railway ferry from Nanking,, east of Ichang, was damaged still containing a number of rail- result of an air raid on November way coaches, which had been lying 5, according to belated reports. Ex- at Hankow since, the fall of Nan- tent of the damage is unknown. king, was seen at Ichang amidst There were a score of Chinese a collection of Chinese craft driven casualties in the raid on the town.

-Reuter. up the Yangtse.

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Twenty-five Franciscan nung re- present the largest unit of the for- eign population expected to remaini in Ichang-Reuter.

ENTRY INTO YOCHOW CLAIMED

CHINESE MINE TUNGTING LAKE

Chungking, To-day.

Shanghai, To-day. According to the Japanese press, the Japanese vanguard, closely fol-

The Tungting Lake district lowed by large units, last night en-

north of Hankow has been seper- tered Yochow, the strategic strongated from the Yangtse River by hold commanding the approach to Tungting Lake from the Yangtse.

Yochow is 130 kilometres north of Changsha, on the Canton-Hankow line.

Reports said that hand-to-hand fighting is now going оп in the streets of the town.-Reuter.

CHANGSHA FRONT

Chungking, To-day.

Chinese mines,

According to Chinese reports Ja-

terrupted attempts, have so far not panese gunboats, in spite of unin-

succeeded in breaking through this blockade..

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The Japanese air force heavily bombed Pingkiang, Hengshan, Changsha and Yochow.

The Chinese claim that the Ja- panese suffered heavy losses try- ing to storm Chinese positions near On the Changsha front, Jap-Tienmen and Suihsien.. The Ja- anese occupation of Yungcheng is

who left panese admitted in a Chinese despatch, dead on the battlefield, are bring- which states that the Chinese are ing up reinforcements.-Trans- resisting grimly.

North of the Yangtse, Japanese coloums moving north-west from the direction of Mapingkang and Yingshan have approached Sui- chow,

They were checked at the river. says the Chinese report, and the opposing sides are fighting across the river; Reuter.

MISSION DAMAGED

Ichang, To-day.

Ocean.

more than

AMBASSADOR IN HOSPITAL

London, To-day.

600

-The British Ambassador to |Germany, Sir Nevile Henderson, |has been admitted to a London

clinic.

Property of the Church of Scot-It is understood he will under- land Mission at Tangyang, 40 miles go a slight operation. Reuter.

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